diff --git a/Alien-libextism/Changes b/Alien-libextism/Changes
index eb3ddf4..94cdeb8 100644
--- a/Alien-libextism/Changes
+++ b/Alien-libextism/Changes
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Revision history for Alien-libextism
+v0.1.1  2024-08-09
+        Add hack to rewrite static linking
 
 v0.1.0  2024-06-05
         First version, released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/Alien-libextism/alienfile b/Alien-libextism/alienfile
index 4704e37..4c122b4 100644
--- a/Alien-libextism/alienfile
+++ b/Alien-libextism/alienfile
@@ -20,3 +20,13 @@ gather [
     [ 'pkg-config --cflags --static extism-static', \'%{.runtime.cflags_static}'  ],
     [ 'pkg-config --libs --static extism-static', \'%{.runtime.libs_static}'    ],
 ];
+
+# Hack rewrite static linking to avoid referring to filename
+# ExtUtils::MakeMaker strips /path/to/libextism.a from LIBS
+after 'gather' => sub {
+    my ($hash) =  @_;
+    if ($hash->{runtime_prop}{libs_static} =~ /libextism\.a/) {
+        my $libextismdir = $hash->{install_prop}{prefix}.'/lib';
+        $hash->{runtime_prop}{libs_static} =~ s/[^ ]+libextism\.a/-L$libextismdir -lextism/;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/Alien-libextism/lib/Alien/libextism.pm b/Alien-libextism/lib/Alien/libextism.pm
index e6ff5dc..dd3dd86 100644
--- a/Alien-libextism/lib/Alien/libextism.pm
+++ b/Alien-libextism/lib/Alien/libextism.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use parent qw( Alien::Base );
 use version 0.77;
-our $VERSION = qv(v0.1.0);
+our $VERSION = qv(v0.1.1);
 
 1;