diff --git a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.nll.stderr b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.nll.stderr
index c82dbf99f938..fc36c7c93492 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.nll.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.nll.stderr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 error: linking with `ld` failed: exit code: 1
    |
-   = note: "ld" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a.nolink_with_link_args0-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a.nolink_with_link_args1-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "-o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a" "--gc-sections" "-pie" "-zrelro" "-znow" "-O1" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/native/rust-test-helpers" "-L" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/auxiliary" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "--start-group" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-lstd-41f43a30bc296e4f" "--end-group" "-Bstatic" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libcompiler_builtins-ce73107aecc35a63.rlib" "-Bdynamic" "-ldl" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lpthread" "-lgcc_s" "-lc" "-lm" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lutil" "-lutil" "-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,-rpath,/home/david/projects/rust/workdirs/rust1/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags" "aFdEfSeVEEE"
+   = note: "ld" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a.nolink_with_link_args0-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a.nolink_with_link_args1-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "-o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/a" "--gc-sections" "-pie" "-zrelro" "-znow" "-O1" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/native/rust-test-helpers" "-L" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args.nll/auxiliary" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "--start-group" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-lstd-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "--end-group" "-Bstatic" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libcompiler_builtins-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.rlib" "-Bdynamic" "-ldl" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lpthread" "-lgcc_s" "-lc" "-lm" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lutil" "-lutil" "-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,-rpath,$LIB_DIR/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags" "aFdEfSeVEEE"
    = note: ld: unrecognized option '-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib'
            ld: use the --help option for usage information
            
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.rs b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.rs
index 6dfd74f541e6..ba7a3adaa31a 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+// normalize-stderr-test: "-lstd-[\d\w]{16}" -> "-lstd-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+// normalize-stderr-test: "builtins-[\d\w]{16}.rlib" -> "builtins-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.rlib"
+
 // error-pattern:aFdEfSeVEE
 // compile-flags: -Z linker-flavor=ld
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.stderr b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.stderr
index cdc1d24c527f..03e7f476479e 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/nolink-with-link-args.stderr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 error: linking with `ld` failed: exit code: 1
    |
-   = note: "ld" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a.nolink_with_link_args0-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a.nolink_with_link_args1-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "-o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a" "--gc-sections" "-pie" "-zrelro" "-znow" "-O1" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/native/rust-test-helpers" "-L" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/auxiliary" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "--start-group" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-lstd-41f43a30bc296e4f" "--end-group" "-Bstatic" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libcompiler_builtins-ce73107aecc35a63.rlib" "-Bdynamic" "-ldl" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lpthread" "-lgcc_s" "-lc" "-lm" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lutil" "-lutil" "-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,-rpath,/home/david/projects/rust/workdirs/rust1/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags" "aFdEfSeVEEE"
+   = note: "ld" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a.nolink_with_link_args0-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a.nolink_with_link_args1-317d481089b8c8fe83113de504472633.rs.rcgu.o" "-o" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/a" "--gc-sections" "-pie" "-zrelro" "-znow" "-O1" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/native/rust-test-helpers" "-L" "$TEST_BUILD_DIR/nolink-with-link-args/auxiliary" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "--start-group" "-L" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-lstd-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "--end-group" "-Bstatic" "$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libcompiler_builtins-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.rlib" "-Bdynamic" "-ldl" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lpthread" "-lgcc_s" "-lc" "-lm" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lutil" "-lutil" "-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,-rpath,$LIB_DIR/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags" "aFdEfSeVEEE"
    = note: ld: unrecognized option '-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../../../stage2/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib'
            ld: use the --help option for usage information
            
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
index af2108d7b88e..4b246ab67452 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
@@ -2927,6 +2927,11 @@ impl<'test> TestCx<'test> {
         // eg. /home/user/rust/build
         normalized = normalized.replace(&parent_build_dir.to_str().unwrap(), "$BUILD_DIR");
 
+        // Paths into lib directory.
+        let mut lib_dir = parent_build_dir.parent().unwrap().to_path_buf();
+        lib_dir.push("lib");
+        normalized = normalized.replace(&lib_dir.to_str().unwrap(), "$LIB_DIR");
+
         if json {
             // escaped newlines in json strings should be readable
             // in the stderr files. There's no point int being correct,