diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 93d7f7abaa7b..fb6ca8b07dc6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ define SREQ
 # Destinations of artifacts for target architectures
 TARGET_ROOT$(1)$(2) = stage$(1)/lib/rustc/$(2)
 TARGET_BIN$(1)$(2) = $$(TARGET_ROOT$(1)$(2))/bin
+# FIXME: Transitional
+ifeq ($(1),0)
 TARGET_LIB$(1)$(2) = $$(TARGET_ROOT$(1)$(2))
+else
+TARGET_LIB$(1)$(2) = $$(TARGET_ROOT$(1)$(2))/lib
+endif
 
 # Destinations of artifacts for the host compiler
 HOST_ROOT$(1) = stage$(1)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ec73a59f3fd0..dcbe33e00ff4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -390,17 +390,17 @@ for t in $CFG_TARGET_TRIPLES
 do
     for i in 0 1 2 3
     do
-        # old-style "bin" dir
-        make_dir stage$i
-
-        # new-style bin dir, not yet used
+        # host bin dir
         make_dir stage$i/bin
 
-        # old-style non-arch libs
+        # host lib dir
         make_dir stage$i/lib
 
-        # new-style arch-prefixed libs, not yet used
-        make_dir stage$i/lib/rustc/$t
+        # target bin dir
+        make_dir stage$i/lib/rustc/$t/bin
+
+        # target lib dir
+        make_dir stage$i/lib/rustc/$t/lib
     done
 done
 
diff --git a/mk/tests.mk b/mk/tests.mk
index 77ff20e5a014..7dae7e6d552f 100644
--- a/mk/tests.mk
+++ b/mk/tests.mk
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test/rustctest.stage$(2)$$(X): $$(COMPILER_CRATE) $$(COMPILER_INPUTS) \
                            $$(HOST_LIB$(2))/$$(CFG_RUSTLLVM) \
                            $$(SREQ$(1)$$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE))
 	@$$(call E, compile_and_link: $$@)
-	$$(STAGE$(1)) -o $$@ $$< --test
+	$$(STAGE$(1)) -L $$(HOST_LIB$(2)) -o $$@ $$< --test
 
 test/rustctest.stage$(2).out.tmp: test/rustctest.stage$(2)$$(X)
 	@$$(call E, run: $$<)
diff --git a/src/comp/back/link.rs b/src/comp/back/link.rs
index c1d417afa16a..a0c6aac09fd5 100644
--- a/src/comp/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/comp/back/link.rs
@@ -39,16 +39,23 @@ fn llvm_err(sess: session::session, msg: str) {
     } else { sess.fatal(msg + ": " + str::str_from_cstr(buf)); }
 }
 
-fn get_target_lib_path(sess: session::session) -> fs::path {
+fn make_target_lib_path(sysroot: fs::path, target_triple: str) -> fs::path {
     let path = [
-        sess.get_opts().sysroot,
+        sysroot,
         "lib/rustc",
-        sess.get_opts().target_triple];
+        target_triple,
+        "lib"
+    ];
     check vec::is_not_empty(path);
     let path = fs::connect_many(path);
     ret path;
 }
 
+fn get_target_lib_path(sess: session::session) -> fs::path {
+    make_target_lib_path(sess.get_opts().sysroot,
+                         sess.get_opts().target_triple)
+}
+
 fn get_target_lib_file_path(sess: session::session,
                             file: fs::path) -> fs::path {
     fs::connect(get_target_lib_path(sess), file)
diff --git a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
index 3907f1c3500d..20dfe674fd1e 100644
--- a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
@@ -378,8 +378,7 @@ fn build_session_options(binary: str, match: getopts::match)
             some(s) { s }
         };
 
-    let library_search_paths = [
-        fs::connect(sysroot, "lib/rustc/" + target )];
+    let library_search_paths = [link::make_target_lib_path(sysroot, target)];
     let lsp_vec = getopts::opt_strs(match, "L");
     // FIXME: These should probably go in front of the defaults
     for lsp: str in lsp_vec { library_search_paths += [lsp]; }