diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index ac570c1f51e8f611d50ef8d14be7635f363e1e09..03bc8b1a59b9ca7c0e51402e33ef3bdee2beb570 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ OBJS := $(OBJS) $(ASM_OBJS) $(CPPOBJS)
 STATIC_OBJS := $(OBJS) $(STATIC_OBJS)
 SHARED_OBJS := $(OBJS) $(SHARED_OBJS)
 
-EXTRALIBS := -L../libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF) $(EXTRALIBS)
+EXTRALIBS := -L$(SRC_PATH)/libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF) $(EXTRALIBS)
 
 all: $(EXTRADEPS) $(LIB) $(SLIBNAME)