diff --git a/src/runtime/stringTable.cpp b/src/runtime/stringTable.cpp
index 6961617966d31890d5d8254accea80121bed9ced..8fcfd0feb08d671b6c7920cb8cdce44cc2739eb2 100644
--- a/src/runtime/stringTable.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/stringTable.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "runtime/stringTable.hpp"
 #include "object/hiString.hpp"
 #include "memory/oopClosure.hpp"
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 StringTable* StringTable::instance = NULL;
 
@@ -11,6 +13,17 @@ StringTable* StringTable::get_instance() {
     return instance;
 }
 
+bool StringTable::get_absolute_path(char* path) {
+    int result = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+    if(result == -1) return false;
+    //now path = /home/user/pythonvm/src/build/railgun
+    //modify path = /home/user/pythonvm/src/build/lib/
+    int len = strlen(path);
+    int base_name = 7;  //strlen("railgun")
+    strcpy(path + len - base_name, "lib/");
+    return true;
+}
+
 StringTable::StringTable() {
     next_str = new HiString("next");
     mod_str  = new HiString("__module__");
@@ -27,7 +40,13 @@ StringTable::StringTable() {
     setattr_str = new HiString("__setattr__");
 
     so_pre_str  = new HiString("lib");
-    libdir_pre_str  = new HiString("./lib/");
+    char* path = new char[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+    if (get_absolute_path(path)) {
+        libdir_pre_str  = new HiString(path);
+    } else {
+        libdir_pre_str  = new HiString("./lib/");
+    }
+    delete[] path;
     empty_str   = new HiString("");
     so_suf_str  = new HiString(".so");
     pyc_suf_str = new HiString(".pyc");
diff --git a/src/runtime/stringTable.hpp b/src/runtime/stringTable.hpp
index 1921ca31584085c6a97b8f1da113b0401577825c..07ba1f03e7e00fec79223496b983a03bec553b44 100644
--- a/src/runtime/stringTable.hpp
+++ b/src/runtime/stringTable.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class OopClosure;
 
 class StringTable {
 private:
+    static const int MAX_PATH_LENGTH = 128;
+    static bool get_absolute_path(char* path);
     static StringTable* instance;
     StringTable();