diff --git a/python-blosc.spec b/python-blosc.spec
index ef29f36..3a92009 100644
--- a/python-blosc.spec
+++ b/python-blosc.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary:	Python wrapper for the blosc high performance compressor
 Name:		python-%{module}
 Version:	1.1
-Release:	6%{?dist}
+Release:	7%{?dist}
 License:	MIT
 URL:		https://github.com/FrancescAlted/python-blosc
 Source0:	https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/%{module}/%{module}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Python wrapper for the Blosc high performance compressor.
 sed -i "s|CFLAGS\.append(\"-msse2\")|pass|" setup.py
 
 %build
+export BLOSC_DIR=%{_libdir}/blosc
 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python2} setup.py build 
+
 # Fix lib perms
 find . -name "blosc_extension.so" -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
 
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ find . -name "blosc_extension.so" -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
 %{python2_sitearch}/blosc-%{version}*-py*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 05 2013 Thibault North <tnorth@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-7
+- Properly link with blosc shared lib
+
 * Tue Nov 05 2013 Thibault North <tnorth@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-6
 - Disable SSE2 optimizations