diff --git a/C/sysbits.c b/C/sysbits.c
index 6f5d2264d..3544f0e04 100644
--- a/C/sysbits.c
+++ b/C/sysbits.c
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ p_win32(void)
 static Int
 p_ld_path(void)
 {
-  return Yap_unify(ARG1,MkAtomTerm(AtomLDLibraryPath));
+  return Yap_unify(ARG1,MkAtomTerm(Yap_LookupAtom(LIB_DIR)));
 }