diff --git a/src/engine-config.h.in b/src/engine-config.h.in
index d3f20d595..467ad3045 100644
--- a/src/engine-config.h.in
+++ b/src/engine-config.h.in
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 #cmakedefine OPENCL_LIBRARY "@OPENCL_LIBRARY@"
 #cmakedefine BASE_URL "@BASE_URL@"
 #cmakedefine DB_PW "@DB_PW@"
+
+#cmakedefine POSTGRESQL_LIBS "@POSTGRESQL_LIBS@"
diff --git a/src/modules/persistence/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/persistence/CMakeLists.txt
index bb82b2981..82362bc6d 100644
--- a/src/modules/persistence/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/persistence/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ else()
 	message(WARNING "No postgres was found on your system. Make sure to have libpq and pg_type.h installed on your system")
 endif()
 set(HAVE_POSTGRES ${PostgreSQL_FOUND} CACHE BOOL "Found postgres" FORCE)
+set(POSTGRESQL_LIBS "${PostgreSQL_LIBRARIES}" CACHE STRING "PostgreSQL libraries" FORCE)
 
 message(STATUS "Postgresql include dirs: ${PostgreSQL_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 message(STATUS "Postgresql libs: ${PostgreSQL_LIBRARIES}")
diff --git a/src/modules/persistence/postgres/PQSymbol.cpp b/src/modules/persistence/postgres/PQSymbol.cpp
index ca8a97743..484ab8072 100644
--- a/src/modules/persistence/postgres/PQSymbol.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/persistence/postgres/PQSymbol.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ bool postgresInit() {
 	}
 
 	if (obj == nullptr) {
-		const char *searchPaths[] = {"libpq.so", nullptr};
+		const char *searchPaths[] = {
+#ifdef POSTGRESQL_LIBS
+				POSTGRESQL_LIBS
+#endif
+				"libpq.so", nullptr};
 		for (const char **searchPath = searchPaths; *searchPath; ++searchPath) {
 			obj = SDL_LoadObject(*searchPath);
 			if (obj != nullptr) {