diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
index 07db83663c..d758cc9c44 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ def compile
   end
 end
 
+$LIBPATH = []
 create_makefile("nokogiri/nokogiri")
 
 if config_clean?