diff --git a/src/setup-ld-so.sh b/src/setup-ld-so.sh
index ad15c96ab..aa191dbf9 100644
--- a/src/setup-ld-so.sh
+++ b/src/setup-ld-so.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ for file in /etc/ld.so.conf $(find /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ -type f); do
     awk '/^\// { print "/Volumes/SystemRoot" $0 }; /^[^\/]/' $file > .$file
 done
 
+# These are the defaults used by the ELF dynamic linker.
+# They don't need to be explicitly listed in /etc/ld.so.conf.
+cat > ./etc/ld.so.conf.d/defaults.conf <<END
+/Volumes/SystemRoot/lib
+/Volumes/SystemRoot/usr/lib
+END
+
 unshare --mount bash -c "mount --rbind / Volumes/SystemRoot && ldconfig -r . -X"