diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-checkpoint/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-checkpoint/Makefile.am
index d3570f54ab..fcb75519ea 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-checkpoint/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-checkpoint/Makefile.am
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-checkpoint.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_checkpoint_SOURCES = orte-checkpoint.c
-orte_checkpoint_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la
+orte_checkpoint_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # WANT_FT_CR
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-clean/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-clean/Makefile.am
index 25a8c05d34..1bb879a54e 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-clean/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-clean/Makefile.am
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-clean.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_clean_SOURCES = orte-clean.c
-orte_clean_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_clean_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-info/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-info/Makefile.am
index 23ab003fe1..30cd2ba2aa 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-info/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-info/Makefile.am
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ orte_info_SOURCES = \
         components.c \
         version.c
 
-orte_info_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_info_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 clean-local:
 	test -z "$(OMPI_CXX_TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY)" || rm -rf $(OMPI_CXX_TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY)
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-migrate/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-migrate/Makefile.am
index d36e6b810c..91a55f2c3a 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-migrate/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-migrate/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-migrate.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_migrate_SOURCES = orte-migrate.c
-orte_migrate_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_migrate_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # WANT_FT_CR
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-ps/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-ps/Makefile.am
index 01a86fd356..499d20c0c3 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-ps/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-ps/Makefile.am
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-ps.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_ps_SOURCES = orte-ps.c
-orte_ps_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_ps_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-restart/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-restart/Makefile.am
index 332660c95f..85de25473b 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-restart/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-restart/Makefile.am
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-restart.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_restart_SOURCES = orte-restart.c
-orte_restart_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_restart_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # WANT_FT_CR
 endif # ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-top/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orte-top/Makefile.am
index 046c3c395c..d83c74e1c8 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-top/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-top/Makefile.am
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-orte-top.txt
 endif # OMPI_INSTALL_BINARIES
 
 orte_top_SOURCES = orte-top.c
-orte_top_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orte_top_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/orte/tools/orted/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orted/Makefile.am
index ea59fd45e6..f3966face7 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orted/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orted/Makefile.am
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ orted_SOURCES = orted.c
 #  nice for systems that don't have all the shared 
 #  libraries on the computes 
 orted_LDFLAGS =
-orted_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orted_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT
 
diff --git a/orte/tools/orterun/Makefile.am b/orte/tools/orterun/Makefile.am
index 4287152046..484f149ec0 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orterun/Makefile.am
+++ b/orte/tools/orterun/Makefile.am
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ orterun_SOURCES = \
         orterun.c \
         orterun.h
 
-orterun_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-pal.la
+orterun_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/orte/libopen-rte.la $(top_builddir)/opal/libopen-pal.la
 
 endif # !ORTE_DISABLE_FULL_SUPPORT