diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 475890fdaa..148ae9e73e 100755
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <property name="classes.test" value="testclasses"/>
     <property name="scripts" value="src/scripts"/>
     <property name="test.output" value="dist/test"/>
-    <property name="intelDeflator" value="${user.dir}/lib/jni/libIntelDeflater.so"/>
+    <property name="intelDeflator" value="${lib}/jni/libIntelDeflater.so"/>
 
     <property name="javac.target" value="1.8"/>
     <property name="javac.debug" value="true"/>