diff --git a/onionshare/common.py b/onionshare/common.py
index d97f0ccb..48f52098 100644
--- a/onionshare/common.py
+++ b/onionshare/common.py
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ class Common(object):
                 )
 
         elif self.platform == "BSD" or self.platform == "Linux":
-            # Assume OnionShare is installed systemwide in Linux, since we're not running in dev mode
-            prefix = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share/onionshare")
+            # Look for resources relative to the binary, so if the binary is /usr/bin/onionshare-gui and
+            # the resource dir is /usr/share/onionshare, then the resource dir relative to the binary dir
+            # is ../share/onionshare
+            prefix = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), "share/onionshare")
 
         elif getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
             # Check if app is "frozen"