diff --git a/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py b/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
index 46646ec..2e1765b 100644
--- a/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
+++ b/distutils.ext/obidistutils/core.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def findCython(root,base=None,pyrexs=None):
                                     include_dirs=[libabspath],
                                     libraries=["obi3"],
                                     runtime_library_dirs=[libabspath],
-                                    extra_link_args=["-Wl,-rpath,"+libabspath, "-R"+libabspath]
+                                    extra_link_args=["-Wl,-rpath,"+libabspath, "-L"+libabspath]
                                     )
                           )
             try: