diff --git a/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 6cbc3de..808c8e4 100644
--- a/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ package() {
     DESTDIR="$pkgdir" cmake --install build
     # create forwarding script
     install -d -m755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
-    echo "#!/bin/bash" > ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
-    echo "cd /opt/${_pkgname}; ./linux-wallpaperengine \$*" >> ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
+    cat > "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}" << EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/${_pkgname}/lib:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+cd /opt/${_pkgname}; ./${_pkgname} "\$@"
+EOF
     chmod +x ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
     chmod +x ${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}/linux-wallpaperengine
 }