diff --git a/perl/run-perl-tests b/perl/run-perl-tests
index 7fc29219b..d2280dd5f 100755
--- a/perl/run-perl-tests
+++ b/perl/run-perl-tests
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src/.libs
 make -f Makefile-pl test