diff --git a/engine/client/sys_linux.c b/engine/client/sys_linux.c
index f9cef8602..8c368c343 100644
--- a/engine/client/sys_linux.c
+++ b/engine/client/sys_linux.c
@@ -364,15 +364,19 @@ void *Sys_GetGameAPI(void *parms)
 	void *(*GetGameAPI)(void *);
 
 	char name[MAX_OSPATH];
+	char curpath[MAX_OSPATH];
 	char *searchpath;
 	const char *gamename = "gamei386.so";
 
 	void *ret;
 
+	getcwd(curpath, sizeof(curpath));
+	
 	searchpath = 0;
 	while((searchpath = COM_NextPath(searchpath)))
 	{
-		sprintf (name, "%s/%s", searchpath, gamename);
+		sprintf (name, "%s/%s/%s", curpath, searchpath, gamename);
+
 		game_library = dlopen (name, RTLD_LAZY );
 		if (game_library)
 		{