diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a7b4ce273b69..fe50bc66ff620 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 /sys.ji
 /sys0.ji
 /h2j
+
+/usr
diff --git a/Make.inc b/Make.inc
index cf8612422d16a..93cbe55a018b2 100644
--- a/Make.inc
+++ b/Make.inc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS), Linux)
 SHLIB_EXT = so
-RPATH = -Wl,-rpath,'$$ORIGIN/../lib'
+RPATH = -Wl,-rpath,'$$ORIGIN/usr/lib'
 OSLIBS += -ldl -lrt -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--version-script=$(JULIAHOME)/src/julia.expmap $(LIBUNWIND)
 WHOLE_ARCHIVE = -Wl,--whole-archive
 NO_WHOLE_ARCHIVE = -Wl,--no-whole-archive
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(OS), FreeBSD)
 SHLIB_EXT = so
 OSLIBS += -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--version-script=$(JULIAHOME)/src/julia.expmap -lutil -lm  $(LIBUNWIND)
-RPATH = -Wl,-rpath,'$$ORIGIN/lib'
+RPATH = -Wl,-rpath,'$$ORIGIN/usr/lib'
 WHOLE_ARCHIVE = -Wl,--whole-archive
 NO_WHOLE_ARCHIVE = -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 endif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b4ca953eca19..97c0dab866309 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ julia-debug julia-release:
 	@$(MAKE) -sC src lib$@
 	@$(MAKE) -sC base
 	@$(MAKE) -sC ui $@
-	@ln -sf $(USRBIN)/$@-$(DEFAULT_REPL) julia
+	@ln -f $@-$(DEFAULT_REPL) julia
 
 sys0.ji: src/boot.jl src/dump.c base/stage0.jl
 	$(QUIET_JULIA) cd base && ../julia -b stage0.jl
diff --git a/deps/install-name-Darwin.sh b/deps/install-name-Darwin.sh
index fcc219cad4d33..5a71a401bf158 100755
--- a/deps/install-name-Darwin.sh
+++ b/deps/install-name-Darwin.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-install_name_tool -id @executable_path/../lib/$1 $2
+install_name_tool -id @executable_path/usr/lib/$1 $2
diff --git a/src/dlload.c b/src/dlload.c
index f71a354fd81b4..d350c3e8f4dba 100644
--- a/src/dlload.c
+++ b/src/dlload.c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ void *jl_load_dynamic_library(char *fname)
         handle = NULL;
         if (modname[0] != '/') {
             if (julia_home) {
-                /* try julia_home/lib */
+                /* try julia_home/usr/lib */
                 strncpy(path, julia_home, PATHBUF-1);
-                strncat(path, "/lib/", PATHBUF-1-strlen(path));
+                strncat(path, "/usr/lib/", PATHBUF-1-strlen(path));
                 strncat(path, modname, PATHBUF-1-strlen(path));
                 strncat(path, ext, PATHBUF-1-strlen(path));
                 handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
diff --git a/ui/Makefile b/ui/Makefile
index bc3fae11cc730..736c5bc9ad96f 100644
--- a/ui/Makefile
+++ b/ui/Makefile
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@ release debug:
 %.do: %.c repl.h
 	$(QUIET_CC) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-julia-release-basic: $(USRBIN)/julia-release-basic
-julia-debug-basic: $(USRBIN)/julia-debug-basic
-julia-release-readline: $(USRBIN)/julia-release-readline
-julia-debug-readline: $(USRBIN)/julia-debug-readline
+julia-release-basic: $(JULIAHOME)/julia-release-basic
+julia-debug-basic: $(JULIAHOME)/julia-debug-basic
+julia-release-readline: $(JULIAHOME)/julia-release-readline
+julia-debug-readline: $(JULIAHOME)/julia-debug-readline
 
-$(USRBIN)/julia-release-basic: repl.o repl-basic.o
+$(JULIAHOME)/julia-release-basic: repl.o repl-basic.o
 	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CXX) $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ -L$(USRLIB) -ljulia-release $(JLDFLAGS)
-$(USRBIN)/julia-debug-basic: repl.do repl-basic.do
-	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CXX) $(JLDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(USRLIB) -ljulia-debug $(JLDFLAGS)
+$(JULIAHOME)/julia-debug-basic: repl.do repl-basic.do
+	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CXX) $(JLDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ -L$(USRLIB) -ljulia-debug
 
-$(USRBIN)/julia-release-readline: repl.o repl-readline.o
+$(JULIAHOME)/julia-release-readline: repl.o repl-readline.o
 	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CXX) $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(READLINE) -L$(USRLIB) -ljulia-release $(JLDFLAGS)
-$(USRBIN)/julia-debug-readline: repl.do repl-readline.do
+$(JULIAHOME)/julia-debug-readline: repl.do repl-readline.do
 	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CXX) $(JLDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(READLINE) -L$(USRLIB) -ljulia-debug
 
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C webserver $@
 	rm -f *.o *.do
-	rm -f $(USRBIN)/julia-*-basic $(USRBIN)/julia-*-readline $(USRBIN)/julia
+	rm -f $(JULIAHOME)/julia-*-basic $(JULIAHOME)/julia-*-readline $(JULIAHOME)/julia