diff --git a/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh b/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh
index 0418007..13fbe05 100644
--- a/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh
+++ b/libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh
@@ -4356,6 +4356,10 @@ func_mode_link ()
     xrpath=
     perm_rpath=
     temp_rpath=
+    nl_add=	# nl_add will contain a converted newlib_search_path
+    		# to be added to temp_rpath for the wrapper
+    abs_base=$(cd `dirname $0` && pwd)	# this is used to check if a path is
+					# relative to our build directory
     thread_safe=no
     vinfo=
     vinfo_number=no
@@ -5839,6 +5843,15 @@ func_mode_link ()
 	       test -z "$old_library"; }; then
 	    # We need to hardcode the library path
 	    if test -n "$shlibpath_var" && test -z "$avoidtemprpath" ; then
+	      # quick and dirty patch to obey -L and -R options in the wrapper
+	      # script
+	      if [ -z "$nl_add" ]; then case "$absdir" in
+		*"$abs_base"*) ;; # when we leave the build base
+		*)		  # we will simply add newlib_search_path
+		  nl_add=$(printf "$newlib_search_path"| sed -e "s/ *\(.*\)$/\1/"|tr \\040 :)
+		  temp_rpath+="$nl_add:"
+		  ;;
+	      esac fi
 	      # Make sure the rpath contains only unique directories.
 	      case "$temp_rpath:" in
 	      *"$absdir:"*) ;;