diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 6145b0bd5..200ea2e05 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ("@BUILD_DMEVENTD@", "yes")
-  DMEVENT_LIBS = -ldevmapper-event
+  DMEVENT_LIBS = -ldevmapper-event -L$(interfacebuilddir) -ldevmapper
   LDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/daemons/dmeventd
   CLDFLAGS += -L$(top_builddir)/daemons/dmeventd
 endif