--- a/tools/xenstore/Makefile
+++ b/tools/xenstore/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 CFLAGS += -I.
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
 
+LDFLAGS_libxenctrl += $(call LDFLAGS_RPATH,../lib)
+
 CLIENTS := xenstore-exists xenstore-list xenstore-read xenstore-rm xenstore-chmod
 CLIENTS += xenstore-write xenstore-ls xenstore-watch
 
