diff --git a/installation/compile_CoreModule.py b/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
index c45e197bb..1e89324be 100755
--- a/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
+++ b/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ compiler = {
 compileOptions =' -DSpectral -DFLOAT=8 -DINT=4 -I%s/lib'%damaskEnv.rootDir()
 
 #--- this saves the path of libraries to core.so, hence it is known during runtime ----------------
-LDFLAGS ='-shared -Wl,-rpath=%s/lib,-rpath=%s/lib64'%(options['FFTW_ROOT'],options['FFTW_ROOT'])
+LDFLAGS ='-shared -Wl,-rpath,%s/lib,-rpath,%s/lib64'%(options['FFTW_ROOT'],options['FFTW_ROOT'])
 
 # see http://cens.ioc.ee/pipermail/f2py-users/2003-December/000621.html
 if options['IMKL_ROOT']:
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ if options['IMKL_ROOT']:
     arch = 'intel'
   lib_lapack = '-L%s/lib/intel64 -lmkl_%s_lp64 -lmkl_core -lmkl_sequential -lpthread -lm -liomp5'\
                                                                       %(options['IMKL_ROOT'],arch)
-  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath=%s/lib/intel64'%(options['IMKL_ROOT'])
+  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath,%s/lib/intel64'%(options['IMKL_ROOT'])
 elif options['ACML_ROOT'] != '':
   lib_lapack = '-L%s/%s64/lib  -lacml'%(options['ACML_ROOT'],options['F90'])
-  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath=%s/%s64/lib'%(options['ACML_ROOT'],options['F90'])
+  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath,%s/%s64/lib'%(options['ACML_ROOT'],options['F90'])
 elif options['LAPACK_ROOT'] != '':
   lib_lapack = '-L%s/lib -L%s/lib64  -llapack'%(options['LAPACK_ROOT'],options['LAPACK_ROOT'])
-  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath=%s/lib,-rpath=%s/lib64'%(options['LAPACK_ROOT'],options['LAPACK_ROOT'])
+  LDFLAGS +=',-rpath,%s/lib,-rpath,%s/lib64'%(options['LAPACK_ROOT'],options['LAPACK_ROOT'])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # f2py does not (yet) support setting of special flags for the linker, hence they must be set via