diff --git a/install b/install
index b30c01197ba9c67550df0fbba6bbe0cec7704441..2e03cbfe087c0720386ed961a8b23987667540d8 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fi
 ### if we are on linux we have to add -rt
 
 if [ x"$platform" = x"linux" ]; then
-	lin_alg_lib="$lin_alg_lib -rt"
+	lin_alg_lib="$lin_alg_lib -lrt"
 fi
 
 ### MPI