diff --git i/build.py w/build.py
index 0f94826b6..5e91793f2 100644
--- i/build.py
+++ w/build.py
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS='mapnik-wkt')
 
 _mapnik = py_env.LoadableModule('mapnik/_mapnik', sources, LDMODULEPREFIX='', LDMODULESUFFIX='.so')
 
-Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))
-Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/json/libmapnik-json${LIBSUFFIX}'))
-Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/wkt/libmapnik-wkt${LIBSUFFIX}'))
+Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('@libmapnik@/libmapnikjson${LIBSUFFIX}'))
+Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('@libmapnik@/libmapnikwkt${LIBSUFFIX}'))
 
 if 'uninstall' not in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
     pymapniklib = env.Install(target_path,_mapnik)
diff --git i/setup.py w/setup.py
index 24ca0ec5e..bc2b1e0e0 100755
--- i/setup.py
+++ w/setup.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ linkflags.extend(check_output([mapnik_config, '--libs']).split(' '))
 linkflags.extend(check_output([mapnik_config, '--ldflags']).split(' '))
 linkflags.extend(check_output([mapnik_config, '--dep-libs']).split(' '))
 linkflags.extend([
-    '-lmapnik-wkt',
-    '-lmapnik-json',
+    '-lmapnikwkt',
+    '-lmapnikjson',
 ])
 
 # Remove symlinks