diff -up mongodb-src-r2.4.8/SConstruct.paths mongodb-src-r2.4.8/SConstruct
--- mongodb-src-r2.4.8/SConstruct.paths	2013-11-26 21:07:05.786573244 +0100
+++ mongodb-src-r2.4.8/SConstruct	2013-11-26 21:44:13.547311023 +0100
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ elif os.sys.platform.startswith("linux")
         env.Append( LINKFLAGS=" -static " )
     if has_option( "static-libstdc++" ):
         env.Append( LINKFLAGS=" -static-libstdc++ " )
+    if 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' not in env['ENV']:
+        env['ENV']['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH']
+    env.Append( EXTRALIBPATH= os.environ['LIBRARY_PATH'].split(":") )
+    env.Append( EXTRACPPPATH= os.environ['CPATH' ].split(":") ) 
 
 elif "sunos5" == os.sys.platform:
      nix = True