diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 26c1795c6..0d7b654f5 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPTIONSCACHEFILE = 'optcache'
 CUSTOPTIONSFILE  = 'custom-options'
 SRCDIR           = 'src'
 BINDIR           = 'bin'
-LIBDIR           = 'bin/.libs'
+LIBDIR           = '.libs'
 TESTDIR          = 'tests'
 ICONDIR          = 'icons'
 VERSION          = '0.1+pre.01'
diff --git a/bin/.libs b/bin/.libs
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..2e321a8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/.libs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.libs
\ No newline at end of file