diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-codec/imx-codec.mk b/package/freescale-imx/imx-codec/imx-codec.mk
index 67d33901e6..2577cf86be 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/imx-codec/imx-codec.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-codec/imx-codec.mk
@@ -20,4 +20,13 @@ endef
 # FIXME The Makefile installs both the arm9 and arm11 versions of the
 # libraries, but we only need one of them.
 
+# Upstream installs libraries into usr/lib/imx-mm, but the dynamic
+# loader only looks in usr/lib, so move the libraries there
+define IMX_CODEC_FIXUP_TARGET_PATH
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/imx-mm -not -type d \
+		-exec mv {} $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib \;
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/imx-mm
+endef
+IMX_CODEC_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += IMX_CODEC_FIXUP_TARGET_PATH
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))