diff --git a/init.d/00_runtime b/init.d/00_runtime
index 6f4f3da3b2..c8fd9e1b54 100644
--- a/init.d/00_runtime
+++ b/init.d/00_runtime
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Various daemons that relibc needs to function as well as a bunch of env vars
 # that should be set for every program.
 export PATH /scheme/initfs/bin
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH /scheme/initfs/lib
 export RUST_BACKTRACE 1
 rtcd
 notify nulld
diff --git a/init.d/90_exit_initfs b/init.d/90_exit_initfs
index c52fff54e9..80f22bad22 100644
--- a/init.d/90_exit_initfs
+++ b/init.d/90_exit_initfs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cd /
 export PATH /usr/bin
-unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib
 run.d /usr/lib/init.d /etc/init.d