diff --git a/lib/clamp-link.in b/lib/clamp-link.in
index 9f8b67c51e6..5d2d126dab8 100755
--- a/lib/clamp-link.in
+++ b/lib/clamp-link.in
@@ -147,15 +147,11 @@ for ARG in $ARGS
 do
   # matches -L<path>
   if [[ "$ARG" =~ ^-L[^[:space:]]+$ ]]; then
-
+    REAL_PATH=$(readlink -f ${ARG:2})
     if [ $VERBOSE == 2 ]; then
-      echo "adding library search path: ${ARG:2}"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "$ARG" =~ ^-L\/[^[:space:]]+$ ]]; then
-      REAL_PATH=$(readlink -f ${ARG:2})
-      LIB_SEARCH_PATHS+=( $REAL_PATH )
+      echo "add library path: ${ARG:2}, canonical path: $REAL_PATH"
     fi
+    LIB_SEARCH_PATHS+=( $REAL_PATH )
   fi
 done
 
@@ -220,6 +216,10 @@ do
       for LIB_PATH in "${LIB_SEARCH_PATHS[@]}"
       do
         FULL_LIB_PATH=$LIB_PATH"/"$STATIC_LIB_NAME
+        FULL_LIB_PATH=$(readlink -f $FULL_LIB_PATH)
+        if [ $VERBOSE == 2 ]; then
+          echo "trying to detect $FULL_LIB_PATH"
+        fi
         if [ -f $FULL_LIB_PATH ]; then
           if [ $VERBOSE == 2 ]; then
             echo "$FULL_LIB_PATH detected"
diff --git a/tests/Unit/StaticLibrary/static_library2.cpp b/tests/Unit/StaticLibrary/static_library2.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..150970e4a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/StaticLibrary/static_library2.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// RUN: %hc -DSTATIC_LIB %s -c -o %T/static_library2.o
+// RUN: ar rcs %T/libstatic_library2.a %T/static_library2.o
+// RUN: %hc %s -L./Output -lstatic_library2 -o %t.out && %t.out
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <hc.hpp>
+
+extern "C" int sum(hc::array_view<int,1>& input);
+
+#ifdef STATIC_LIB
+
+int sum(hc::array_view<int,1>& input) {
+
+  hc::array_view<int,1> s(1);
+  s[0]=0;
+
+  hc::parallel_for_each(input.get_extent(), [=](hc::index<1> idx) [[hc]] {
+    if (idx[0]==0) {
+      int num = input.get_extent()[0];
+      for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+        s[0]+=input[i];
+      }
+    }
+  }).wait();
+
+  return s[0];
+}
+
+#else
+
+int main() {
+
+  hc::array_view<int,1> av(64);
+  for (int i = 0;i < 64; i++)
+    av[i] = i;
+
+  int s = sum(av);
+
+ // printf("sum: %d\n",s);
+
+  return !(s==2016);
+}
+
+#endif