--- a/libltdl/config/ltmain.sh
+++ b/libltdl/config/ltmain.sh
@@ -5414,9 +5414,15 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	    dir="$ladir"
 	    absdir="$abs_ladir"
 	    libdir="$abs_ladir"
-	  else
-	    dir="$libdir"
-	    absdir="$libdir"
+	  else 
+	    if test "x$CBUILD" != "x$CHOST" ; then
+	      dir="$abs_ladir"
+	      absdir="$abs_ladir"
+	      libdir="$abs_ladir"
+	    else
+	      dir="$libdir"
+	      absdir="$libdir"
+	    fi
 	  fi
 	  test "X$hardcode_automatic" = Xyes && avoidtemprpath=yes
 	else
@@ -5771,7 +5777,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	       test "$hardcode_direct_absolute" = no; then
 	      add="$libdir/$linklib"
 	    elif test "$hardcode_minus_L" = yes; then
-	      add_dir="-L$libdir"
+	      add_dir="-L$ROOT/$libdir"
 	      add="-l$name"
 	    elif test "$hardcode_shlibpath_var" = yes; then
 	      case :$finalize_shlibpath: in
@@ -5788,7 +5794,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	      fi
 	    else
 	      # We cannot seem to hardcode it, guess we'll fake it.
-	      add_dir="-L$libdir"
+	      add_dir="-L$ROOT/$libdir"
 	      # Try looking first in the location we're being installed to.
 	      if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
 		case $libdir in