diff --git a/mozilla/security/coreconf/config.mk b/mozilla/security/coreconf/config.mk
index 72557c6..bdcbf88 100644
--- a/mozilla/security/coreconf/config.mk
+++ b/mozilla/security/coreconf/config.mk
@@ -207,3 +207,5 @@ endif
 DEFINES += -DUSE_UTIL_DIRECTLY
 USE_UTIL_DIRECTLY = 1
 
+# nix specific stuff:
+DEFINES += -DNIX_NSS_LIBDIR=\"$(out)/lib/\"
diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/cmd/shlibsign/shlibsign.c b/mozilla/security/nss/cmd/shlibsign/shlibsign.c
index 5ce626e..e1e8039 100644
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/cmd/shlibsign/shlibsign.c
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/cmd/shlibsign/shlibsign.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     assert(libname != NULL);
     lib = PR_LoadLibrary(libname);
     if (!lib)
-        lib = PR_LoadLibrary("/usr/lib/nss/libsoftokn3.so");
+        lib = PR_LoadLibrary(NIX_NSS_LIBDIR"libsoftokn3.so");
     assert(lib != NULL);
     PR_FreeLibraryName(libname);
 
diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/lib/util/secload.c b/mozilla/security/nss/lib/util/secload.c
index 7d6fc22..0b7759b 100644
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/lib/util/secload.c
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/lib/util/secload.c
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ loader_LoadLibInReferenceDir(const char *referencePath, const char *name)
     /* Remove the trailing filename from referencePath and add the new one */
     c = strrchr(referencePath, PR_GetDirectorySeparator());
     if (!c) { /* referencePath doesn't contain a / means that dladdr gave us argv[0]
-               * and program was called from $PATH. Hack to get libs from /usr/lib */
-        referencePath = "/usr/lib/";
-        c = &referencePath[8]; /* last / */
+               * and program was called from $PATH. Hack to get libs from NIX_NSS_LIBDIR */
+        referencePath = NIX_NSS_LIBDIR;
+        c = &referencePath[sizeof(NIX_NSS_LIBDIR) - 1]; /* last / */
     }
     if (c) {
         size_t referencePathSize = 1 + c - referencePath;
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ loader_LoadLibInReferenceDir(const char *referencePath, const char *name)
                 (strncmp(fullName + referencePathSize - 4, "bin", 3) == 0)) {
                 memcpy(fullName + referencePathSize -4, "lib", 3);
             }
-            strcpy(fullName + referencePathSize, "nss/");
-            strcpy(fullName + referencePathSize + 4, name);
+            strcpy(fullName + referencePathSize, name);
             dlh = PR_LoadLibraryWithFlags(libSpec, PR_LD_NOW | PR_LD_LOCAL
 #ifdef PR_LD_ALT_SEARCH_PATH
             /* allow library's dependencies to be found in the same directory
