diff -ruN a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	2016-04-20 17:22:58.000000000 +0200
+++ b/Makefile.am	2021-06-02 23:21:56.230175969 +0200
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	echo "*** LinuxSampler was compiled with instruments DB support and"; \
 	echo "*** $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/linuxsampler/instruments.db"; \
 	echo "*** doesn't exist yet, creating it now:"; \
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/linuxsampler && ./src/linuxsampler \
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/linuxsampler && LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/libgig/:/usr/lib/" ./src/linuxsampler \
 	--create-instruments-db $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/linuxsampler/instruments.db ; \
 	fi
 endif