diff --git a/Examples/perl5/import/Makefile b/Examples/perl5/import/Makefile
index fb66eb38e..505fbc7c1 100644
--- a/Examples/perl5/import/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/perl5/import/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig
 SWIGOPT    = -c -shadow 
-#If your system requires linking with the runtime libraries then set the directory location here
-RUNTIMEDIR = 
+RUNTIMEDIR = $(TOP)/../Runtime/.libs
 
 all::
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SWIG='$(SWIG)' SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' \
diff --git a/Examples/python/import/Makefile b/Examples/python/import/Makefile
index 780c87e88..8a643dfa2 100644
--- a/Examples/python/import/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/python/import/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig
 SWIGOPT    = -c
-#If your system requires linking with the runtime libraries then set the directory location here
-RUNTIMEDIR = 
+RUNTIMEDIR = $(TOP)/../Runtime/.libs
 
 all::
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SWIG='$(SWIG)' SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' \
diff --git a/Examples/python/import_template/Makefile b/Examples/python/import_template/Makefile
index 780c87e88..8a643dfa2 100644
--- a/Examples/python/import_template/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/python/import_template/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig
 SWIGOPT    = -c
-#If your system requires linking with the runtime libraries then set the directory location here
-RUNTIMEDIR = 
+RUNTIMEDIR = $(TOP)/../Runtime/.libs
 
 all::
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SWIG='$(SWIG)' SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' \
diff --git a/Examples/ruby/import/Makefile b/Examples/ruby/import/Makefile
index 68151eba1..5a6596157 100644
--- a/Examples/ruby/import/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/ruby/import/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig
 SWIGOPT    = -c
-#If your system requires linking with the runtime libraries then set the directory location here
-RUNTIMEDIR = /usr/local/lib
+RUNTIMEDIR = $(TOP)/../Runtime/.libs
  
 all::
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SWIG='$(SWIG)' SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' \
diff --git a/Examples/tcl/import/Makefile b/Examples/tcl/import/Makefile
index b0c0a8f0e..3777d20b4 100644
--- a/Examples/tcl/import/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/tcl/import/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig
 SWIGOPT    = -c 
-#If your system requires linking with the runtime libraries then set the directory location here
-RUNTIMEDIR = 
+RUNTIMEDIR = $(TOP)/../Runtime/.libs
 
 all::
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SWIG='$(SWIG)' SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' \