diff --git a/src/libext/libxc/GNUmakefile b/src/libext/libxc/GNUmakefile
index 79e77784bf..bbc23b91df 100644
--- a/src/libext/libxc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/libext/libxc/GNUmakefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 include ../../config/makefile.h
 
-install/lib/libxc.a:
+install/lib/libnwc_xc.a:
 	./build_libxc.sh $(LIBXC_VERSION)
 
 LIB_TARGETS += libxc
diff --git a/src/libext/libxc/build_libxc.sh b/src/libext/libxc/build_libxc.sh
index 70b4f3869a..e69952de38 100755
--- a/src/libext/libxc/build_libxc.sh
+++ b/src/libext/libxc/build_libxc.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ $CMAKE  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${NWCHEM_TOP}/src/libext/libxc/install -DCMAKE_C_
 
 make -j4 | tee make.log
 make install
-ln -sf  ../install/lib/libxc.a ../install/lib/libnwc_xc.a
-ln -sf  ../install/lib/libxcf03.a ../install/lib/libnwc_xcf03.a
+ln -sf  ../../install/lib/libxc.a ../../install/lib/libnwc_xc.a
+ln -sf  ../../install/lib/libxcf03.a ../../install/lib/libnwc_xcf03.a