diff --git a/pre-inst-guile-env.in b/pre-inst-guile-env.in
index 5bf1e136a..80442b5a5 100644
--- a/pre-inst-guile-env.in
+++ b/pre-inst-guile-env.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Example: ../../pre-inst-guile-env ./guile-test-foo
 
 # config
-subdirs_with_ltlibs="srfi guile-readline"       # maintain me
+subdirs_with_ltlibs="srfi guile-readline libguile"       # maintain me
 
 # env (set by configure)
 top_srcdir="@top_srcdir_absolute@"
diff --git a/pre-inst-guile.in b/pre-inst-guile.in
index 01f4f2531..f92e88e0b 100644
--- a/pre-inst-guile.in
+++ b/pre-inst-guile.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # Code:
 
 # config
-subdirs_with_ltlibs="srfi guile-readline"       # maintain me
+subdirs_with_ltlibs="srfi guile-readline libguile"       # maintain me
 
 # env (set by configure)
 top_srcdir="@top_srcdir_absolute@"