--- scrotwm-0.9.6/scrotwm.c	2009-09-14 00:29:35.000000000 +0200
+++ scrotwm-0.9.6.devl/scrotwm.c	2009-09-14 11:24:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@
 {
 	char			*ret;
 	int			si;
+	struct stat		sb;
 
 	DNPRINTF(SWM_D_MISC, "spawn: %s\n", args->argv[0]);
 	/*
@@ -928,7 +929,10 @@
 		if (fork() == 0) {
 			if (display)
 				close(ConnectionNumber(display));
-			setenv("LD_PRELOAD", SWM_LIB, 1);
+			if (stat(SWM_LIB, &sb) != -1) {
+				if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
+					setenv("LD_PRELOAD", SWM_LIB, 1);
+			}
 			if (asprintf(&ret, "%d", r->ws->idx)) {
 				setenv("_SWM_WS", ret, 1);
 				free(ret);