diff -urNp kmod-2_orig/configure kmod-2/configure
--- kmod-2_orig/configure	2011-12-20 20:48:00.170160687 -0500
+++ kmod-2/configure	2011-12-22 19:39:11.899001373 -0500
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ required_private_libs
 zlib_libs
 BUILD_TOOLS_FALSE
 BUILD_TOOLS_TRUE
+rootlibdir
 rootprefix
 OTOOL64
 OTOOL
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ with_gnu_ld
 with_sysroot
 enable_libtool_lock
 with_rootprefix
+with_rootlibdir
 enable_tools
 enable_logging
 enable_zlib
@@ -1405,6 +1407,7 @@ Optional Packages:
                         (or the compiler's sysroot if not specified).
   --with-rootprefix=DIR   rootfs directory prefix for config files and kernel
                           modules
+  --with-rootlibdir=DIR   rootfs directory to install shared libraries
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
@@ -13233,6 +13236,17 @@ fi
 rootprefix=$with_rootprefix
 
 
+
+# Check whether --with-rootlibdir was given.
+if test "${with_rootlibdir+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_rootlibdir;
+else
+  with_rootlibdir=$libdir
+fi
+
+rootlibdir=$with_rootlibdir
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-tools was given.
 if test "${enable_tools+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_tools;
@@ -15828,6 +15842,7 @@ fi
 	rootprefix:		${rootprefix}
 	sysconfdir:		${sysconfdir}
 	libdir:			${libdir}
+	rootlibdir:		${rootlibdir}
 	includedir:		${includedir}
 	bindir:			${bindir}
 
@@ -15848,6 +15863,7 @@ $as_echo "
 	rootprefix:		${rootprefix}
 	sysconfdir:		${sysconfdir}
 	libdir:			${libdir}
+	rootlibdir:		${rootlibdir}
 	includedir:		${includedir}
 	bindir:			${bindir}
 
diff -urNp kmod-2_orig/configure.ac kmod-2/configure.ac
--- kmod-2_orig/configure.ac	2011-12-20 20:36:37.036701029 -0500
+++ kmod-2/configure.ac	2011-12-22 19:39:11.980007591 -0500
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([rootprefix],
         [], [with_rootprefix=""])
 AC_SUBST([rootprefix], [$with_rootprefix])
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([rootlibdir],
+        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rootlibdir=DIR], [rootfs directory to install shared libraries]),
+        [], [with_rootlibdir=$libdir])
+AC_SUBST([rootlibdir], [$with_rootlibdir])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([tools],
         AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tools], [disable building tools that provide same functionality as module-init-tools @<:@default=enabled@:>@]),
 	[], enable_tools=yes)
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
 	rootprefix:		${rootprefix}
 	sysconfdir:		${sysconfdir}
 	libdir:			${libdir}
+	rootlibdir:		${rootlibdir}
 	includedir:		${includedir}
 	bindir:			${bindir}
 
diff -urNp kmod-2_orig/Makefile.am kmod-2/Makefile.am
--- kmod-2_orig/Makefile.am	2011-12-20 20:36:21.337897292 -0500
+++ kmod-2/Makefile.am	2011-12-22 19:39:11.980007591 -0500
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ libkmod_libkmod_la_LIBADD = @zlib_libs@
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libkmod/libkmod.pc
 
+install-exec-hook:
+	if test "$(libdir)" != "$(rootlibdir)"; then \
+		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(rootlibdir) && \
+		so_img_name=$$(readlink $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libkmod.so) && \
+		so_img_rel_target_prefix=$$(echo $(libdir) | sed 's,\(^/\|\)[^/][^/]*,..,g') && \
+		ln -sf $$so_img_rel_target_prefix$(rootlibdir)/$$so_img_name $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libkmod.so && \
+		mv $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libkmod.so.* $(DESTDIR)$(rootlibdir); \
+	fi
+
+uninstall-hook:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(rootlibdir)/libkmod.so*
+
 if BUILD_TOOLS
 bin_PROGRAMS = tools/kmod-insmod tools/kmod-rmmod tools/kmod-lsmod \
 	tools/kmod-modprobe tools/kmod-modinfo