diff --git a/src/binding.gyp b/src/binding.gyp
index 8d891f48..c6ce7166 100644
--- a/src/binding.gyp
+++ b/src/binding.gyp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   'variables': {
     'vips_version': '<!(node -p "require(\'../lib/libvips\').minimumLibvipsVersion")',
     'platform_and_arch': '<!(node -p "require(\'../lib/libvips\').buildPlatformArch()")',
+    'sharp_libvips_version': '<!(node -p "require(\'../package.json\').optionalDependencies[\'@img/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)\']")',
     'sharp_libvips_include_dir': '<!(node -p "require(\'../lib/libvips\').buildSharpLibvipsIncludeDir()")',
     'sharp_libvips_cplusplus_dir': '<!(node -p "require(\'../lib/libvips\').buildSharpLibvipsCPlusPlusDir()")',
     'sharp_libvips_lib_dir': '<!(node -p "require(\'../lib/libvips\').buildSharpLibvipsLibDir()")'
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
               'OTHER_LDFLAGS': [
                 # Ensure runtime linking is relative to sharp.node
                 '-Wl,-rpath,\'@loader_path/../../sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
+                '-Wl,-rpath,\'@loader_path/../../../<(sharp_libvips_version)/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
                 '-Wl,-rpath,\'@loader_path/../../node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
                 '-Wl,-rpath,\'@loader_path/../../../node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\''
               ]
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@
                 '-Wl,-s',
                 '-Wl,--disable-new-dtags',
                 '-Wl,-rpath=\'$$ORIGIN/../../sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
+                '-Wl,-rpath=\'$$ORIGIN/../../../<(sharp_libvips_version)/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
                 '-Wl,-rpath=\'$$ORIGIN/../../node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\'',
                 '-Wl,-rpath=\'$$ORIGIN/../../../node_modules/@img/sharp-libvips-<(platform_and_arch)/lib\''
               ]