diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/compile.project.mk b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/compile.project.mk
index 5bea5e0ecf3..f2139242948 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/compile.project.mk
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/compile.project.mk
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ ReleaseABI: $(TARGET)
 ifneq ($(strip $(PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA)),)
 	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) copyaddonsdata PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA="$(PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA)"
 endif
+	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) copyaddonslibs ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO)" ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL)" ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB)"
 	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) afterplatform BIN_NAME=$(BIN_NAME) ABIS_TO_COMPILE="$(ABIS_TO_COMPILE_RELEASE)" RUN_TARGET=$(RUN_TARGET) TARGET=$(TARGET)
 	@$(PROJECT_AFTER)
 
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ DebugABI: $(TARGET)
 ifneq ($(strip $(PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA)),)
 	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) copyaddonsdata PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA="$(PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA)"
 endif
+	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) copyaddonslibs ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO)" ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL)" ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB="$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB)"
 	@$(MAKE) $(JOBS) afterplatform BIN_NAME=$(BIN_NAME) ABIS_TO_COMPILE="$(ABIS_TO_COMPILE_DEBUG)" RUN_TARGET=$(RUN_TARGET) TARGET=$(TARGET)
 	@$(PROJECT_AFTER)
 
@@ -453,6 +455,25 @@ copyaddonsdata:
 	@mkdir -p bin/data
 	@cp -rf $(PROJECT_ADDONS_DATA) bin/data/
 
+copyaddonslibs:
+	@if [ -n "$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO)" ]; then \
+		echo "Copying shared libraries"; \
+		for lib in $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO); do \
+			cp -f $$lib bin/; \
+		done \
+	fi
+	@if [ -n "$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL)" ]; then \
+		echo "Copying shared libraries"; \
+		for lib in $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL); do \
+			cp -f $$lib bin/; \
+		done \
+	fi
+	@if [ -n "$(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB)" ]; then \
+		echo "Copying shared libraries"; \
+		for lib in $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB); do \
+			cp -f $$lib bin/; \
+		done \
+	fi
 help:
 	@echo
 	@echo openFrameworks universal makefile
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.addons.mk b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.addons.mk
index 35ad82510e6..60fe7936d94 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.addons.mk
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.addons.mk
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ define parse_addons_libraries
 	$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIB_PATHS = $(filter-out $(ADDON_LIBS_EXCLUDE),$(addsuffix /libs/*/lib/$(ABI_LIB_SUBPATH), $1))) \
 	$(eval PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIB_PATHS) -type d 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
 	$(if $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS), \
+		$(eval ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.so 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
+		$(eval ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.dll 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
+		$(eval ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.dylib 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
 		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_STATICS = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.a 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
-		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED = $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.so 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
-		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED += $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.dylib 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
-		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED += $(shell $(FIND) $(PARSED_ALL_PLATFORM_LIBS) -name *.dll 2> /dev/null | grep -v "/\.[^\.]" )) \
+		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED = $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_SO)) \
+		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED += $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DLL)) \
+		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED += $(ADDONS_SHARED_LIBS_DYLIB)) \
 		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS = $(PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_STATICS)) \
 		$(eval PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS += $(PARSED_ADDONS_LIBS_PLATFORM_LIBS_SHARED)) \
 	)
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
index 52e75c08662..c567cd83ce0 100755
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS += $(PLATFORM_CXXVER)
 #   Note: Leave a leading space when adding list items with the += operator
 ################################################################################
 
-PLATFORM_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-rpath=./libs:./bin/libs -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--gc-sections
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-rpath=./libs:./bin/libs:./ -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--gc-sections
 
 ifeq ($(OF_USING_STD_FS),1)
 	# gcc 8 need special file system linking with -lstdc++fs. gcc 9 onwards doesn't