diff --git a/src/bindings/cpp/SConscript b/src/bindings/cpp/SConscript
index 01345a7272105749be93546396a762eef5263da7..35fa4a9bdf7e6fe0663a3b4f2842120ede29eec8 100644
--- a/src/bindings/cpp/SConscript
+++ b/src/bindings/cpp/SConscript
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Import("env libhammer_shared testruns targets")
 
 cppenv = env.Clone()
 cppenv.Append(CPPPATH=[".", "vendor/gtest-1.7.0/fused-src", "../.."])
+cppenv.Append(LD_LIBRARY_PATH=["../../"])
 cppenv.MergeFlags("-Wno-missing-field-initializers -DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0")