diff --git a/contrib/scripts/live_ast b/contrib/scripts/live_ast
index 1c7a1cba8bf4e4aa90af275fa65bf93f6aecbb97..2bcb2f7586f278e6f5f7990e8cea55c618829404 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/live_ast
+++ b/contrib/scripts/live_ast
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ fi
 
 # gets rid of excessive spaces. Leves nothing if there were only white spaces:
 LIVE_AST_LD_PATH_EXTRA=`echo $LIVE_AST_LD_PATH_EXTRA | tr ' ' :`
+LIVE_AST_LD_PATH_EXTRA="$BASE_DIR/usr/lib:$LIVE_AST_LD_PATH_EXTRA"
 
 set_ld_env() {
   if [ "$LIVE_AST_LD_PATH_EXTRA$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" = '' ]; then return; fi