--- Makefile.PL.orig	Wed May 13 22:19:29 2015
+++ Makefile.PL	Fri Jun 19 10:12:50 2015
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use ExtUtils::Constant 0.11 'WriteConstants';
+my $LOCALBASE=$ENV{'LOCALBASE'};
 WriteMakefile(
     NAME => 'GDBM_File',
-    LIBS => ["-lgdbm", "-ldbm"],
+    LIBS => ["-L$LOCALBASE/lib -lgdbm", "-ldbm"],
     XSPROTOARG => '-noprototypes', 		# XXX remove later?
     VERSION_FROM => 'GDBM_File.pm',
     realclean => {FILES=> 'const-c.inc const-xs.inc'},