--- Makefile.orig	2018-01-30 22:21:35 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ifneq ($(cjson-pass)$(system-cjson-pass)
   JSON2CBOR_SOURCES = tools/json2cbor/json2cbor.c
   INSTALL_TARGETS += $(bindir)/json2cbor
   ifeq ($(system-cjson-pass),1)
-    LDFLAGS_CJSON = -lcjson
+    LDFLAGS_CJSON = -L$(LOCALBASE)/lib -lcjson
   else
     JSON2CBOR_SOURCES += src/cjson/cJSON.c
     json2cbor_CCFLAGS = -I$(SRCDIR)src/cjson