diff --git a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
index e28d56398..55dbbce09 100644
--- a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
+++ b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ win32 {
 	PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../retroshare-gui/src/lib/libretroshare-gui.a
 	LIBS += -L"../../retroshare-gui/src/lib" -lretroshare-gui
 
-	LIBS += -L"../../../lib"
+	LIBS += -L"$$PWD/../../../lib"
 	LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -lpthreadGC2d -lminiupnpc -lz
 # added after bitdht
 	LIBS += -luuid -lole32 -liphlpapi -lcrypt32-cygwin -lgdi32
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
index 2392da3bd..37b4c2d99 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ win32 {
 
 	LIBS += ../../libretroshare/src/lib/libretroshare.a
 	LIBS += ../../openpgpsdk/src/lib/libops.a -lbz2
-	LIBS += -L"../../../lib"
+	LIBS += -L"$$PWD/../../../lib"
 
 	gxs {
 		LIBS += ../../supportlibs/pegmarkdown/lib/libpegmarkdown.a
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
index 846f64114..773502d54 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ win32 {
 
 	LIBS += ../../libretroshare/src/lib/libretroshare.a
 	LIBS += ../../openpgpsdk/src/lib/libops.a -lbz2
-	LIBS += -L"../../../lib" -lssl -lcrypto -lpthreadGC2d -lminiupnpc -lz
+	LIBS += -L"$$PWD/../../../lib" -lssl -lcrypto -lpthreadGC2d -lminiupnpc -lz
 	LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -lpthreadGC2d -lminiupnpc -lz
 # added after bitdht
 #	LIBS += -lws2_32