--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class QtHelpCommand(Command):
 
 
 # Library linkage
-lib_dirs = ['.', '/usr/lib64', '/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib']
+owrt_staging_dir = os.environ["STAGING_DIR"]
+lib_dirs = ['.', owrt_staging_dir + '/usr/lib64', owrt_staging_dir + '/usr/lib', owrt_staging_dir + '/usr/local/lib' ]
 include_dirs = []
 
 with suppress(KeyError):
