diff --git a/source/Makefile b/source/Makefile
index 5913787aec0..fefca92d031 100644
--- a/source/Makefile
+++ b/source/Makefile
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS),freebsd)
   endif
   endif
     PYLIB = $(NAN_PYTHON)/lib/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)/config/libpython$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION).a
-    PYLIB += $(NAN_PYTHON)/mxTextTools/libmxtexttools.a
+    PYLIB += $(NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS) 
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS),irix)
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS),irix)
     BINTARGETS += blenderplayer
     BINTARGETS += plugin
     PYLIB = $(NAN_PYTHON)/lib/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)/config/libpython$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION).a
-    PYLIB += $(NAN_PYTHON)/mxTextTools/libmxtexttools.a
+    PYLIB += $(NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS),linux)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS),linux)
     BINTARGETS += blenderpublisher
   endif
     PYLIB = $(NAN_PYTHON)/lib/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)/config/libpython$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION).a
-    PYLIB += $(NAN_PYTHON)/mxTextTools/libmxtexttools.a
+    PYLIB += $(NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS),openbsd)
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS),solaris)
     BINTARGETS += blenderssr
   endif
     PYLIB = $(NAN_PYTHON)/lib/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)/config/libpython$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION).a
-    PYLIB += $(NAN_PYTHON)/mxTextTools/libmxtexttools.a
+    PYLIB += $(NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS)
     PYLIB += $(NAN_ZLIB)/lib/libz.a
 
     BCLIB += $(NAN_ZLIB)/lib/libz.a
diff --git a/source/nan_definitions.mk b/source/nan_definitions.mk
index eacd9b9d3a9..e7eb225b6ee 100644
--- a/source/nan_definitions.mk
+++ b/source/nan_definitions.mk
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ all debug::
     export NAN_OBJDIR ?= $(NANBLENDERHOME)/obj
     export NAN_PYTHON ?= $(LCGDIR)/python
     export NAN_PYTHON_VERSION ?= 2.0
+    export NAN_PYTHON_BINARY ?= $(NAN_PYTHON)/bin/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)
+    export NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS ?= $(shell $(NAN_PYTHON_BINARY) -c 'import mx; print mx.__path__[0]')/TextTools/mxTextTools/mxTextTools.so 
     export NAN_OPENAL ?= $(LCGDIR)/openal
     export NAN_FMOD ?= $(LCGDIR)/fmod
     export NAN_JPEG ?= $(LCGDIR)/jpeg