diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/Makefile b/sourcepawn/compiler/Makefile
index b3053e5a3..b70074014 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ else
 	CPPFLAGS += $(OPT_CPP_FLAGS)
 endif
 
-CFLAGS += -DLINUX -DNDEBUG -DHAVE_STDINT_H -DAMX_ANSIONLY 
+CFLAGS += -DLINUX -DNDEBUG -DHAVE_STDINT_H -DAMX_ANSIONLY -DENABLE_BINRELOC
 CPPFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
 
 OBJ_LINUX := $(OBJECTS:%.cpp=$(BIN_DIR)/%.o)
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index d31dd37f5..5d52569be 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,12 @@ static void setconfig(char *root)
     /* add the default "include" directory */
     #if defined __WIN32__ || defined _WIN32
       GetModuleFileNameA(NULL,path,_MAX_PATH);
+    #elif defined LINUX || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__
+      /* see www.autopackage.org for the BinReloc module */
+      br_init_lib(NULL);
+      ptr=br_find_exe("spcomp");
+      strlcpy(path,ptr,sizeof path);
+      free(ptr);
     #else
       if (root!=NULL)
         strlcpy(path,root,sizeof path); /* path + filename (hopefully) */