diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abfea7d..384573c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)   # Find Find<Modules>
 # Add src as a global include directory
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 
+
+# Add library directories to rpath so users don't need to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+# (see https://dev.my-gate.net/2021/08/04/understanding-rpath-with-cmake )
+# TODO: detector MacOS and set MACOSX_RPATH to TRUE
+set( CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE )
+set( CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE )
+set( CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" )
+set( CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE )
+
+
 # Libraries are a separated objects.
 # We add this include directory so that in code we could use
 # #include <tcp_daq/tcp_event.h> instead of <libraries/tcp_daq/tcp_event.h>
diff --git a/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake b/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
index 33d793e..0390488 100644
--- a/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/jana_plugin.cmake
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ macro(plugin_add _name)
     target_include_directories(${_name}_plugin SYSTEM PUBLIC ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
     target_include_directories(${_name}_plugin PUBLIC ${fmt_DIR}/../../../include)
     set_target_properties(${_name}_plugin PROPERTIES PREFIX "" OUTPUT_NAME "${_name}" SUFFIX ".so")
-    target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin ${JANA_LIB} spdlog::spdlog)
-    target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin ${JANA_LIB} fmt::fmt)
+    target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin spdlog::spdlog)
+    target_link_libraries(${_name}_plugin fmt::fmt)
 
     # Install plugin
     install(TARGETS ${_name}_plugin DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ macro(plugin_add _name)
         target_include_directories(${_name}_library SYSTEM PUBLIC ${JANA_INCLUDE_DIR} )
         target_include_directories(${_name}_library PUBLIC ${fmt_DIR}/../../../include)
         set_target_properties(${_name}_library PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib" OUTPUT_NAME "${_name}" SUFFIX ".a")
-        target_link_libraries(${_name}_library ${JANA_LIB} spdlog::spdlog)
-        target_link_libraries(${_name}_library ${JANA_LIB} fmt::fmt)
+        target_link_libraries(${_name}_library spdlog::spdlog)
+        target_link_libraries(${_name}_library fmt::fmt)
 
         # Install plugin
         install(TARGETS ${_name}_library DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
diff --git a/src/executables/jana4ml4fpga/CMakeLists.txt b/src/executables/jana4ml4fpga/CMakeLists.txt
index 6494d38..7976e0f 100644
--- a/src/executables/jana4ml4fpga/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/executables/jana4ml4fpga/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ message("{{JANA_INCLUDE_DIR}} ${JANA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${block_tester_SRC})
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${JANA_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${JANA_LIB} evio rawdataparser Threads::Threads dl ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} evio rawdataparser ${JANA_LIB}  Threads::Threads dl ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -rdynamic)
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}  DESTINATION ${PROGRAM_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
diff --git a/src/libraries/evio/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libraries/evio/CMakeLists.txt
index aabcf98..ddfa3a3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/evio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libraries/evio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ file(GLOB lib_evio_SRC
 
 set(LIBRARY_NAME evio)
 
-add_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${lib_evio_SRC})
-set_target_properties(${LIBRARY_NAME}  PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib" OUTPUT_NAME "EVIO")
+add_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} SHARED ${lib_evio_SRC})
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME}  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${JANA_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_NAME}  ${JANA_LIB})
 
 install(TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}  DESTINATION ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
diff --git a/src/libraries/rawdataparser/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libraries/rawdataparser/CMakeLists.txt
index e1e3433..eee58c7 100644
--- a/src/libraries/rawdataparser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libraries/rawdataparser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ set(lib_rawdataparser_SRC
 
 set(LIBRARY_NAME rawdataparser)
 
-add_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC ${lib_rawdataparser_SRC})
-set_target_properties(${LIBRARY_NAME}  PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib" OUTPUT_NAME "rawdataparser")
+add_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} SHARED ${lib_rawdataparser_SRC})
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME}  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${JANA_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_NAME}  ${JANA_LIB})
 
 install(TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}  DESTINATION ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})