diff -uprk.orig imlib-1.9.14.orig/gdk_imlib/modules.c imlib-1.9.14/gdk_imlib/modules.c
--- imlib-1.9.14.orig/gdk_imlib/modules.c	1999-07-30 20:34:02 +0400
+++ imlib-1.9.14/gdk_imlib/modules.c	2004-08-26 14:43:05 +0400
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ get_module_loader_saver (char *mod,
 			 void **loader, void *def_loader,
 			 void **saver,  void *def_saver)
 {
-	char *path, *modname;
+	char *imlib_path, *path, *modname;
 	GModule *m;
 	gboolean v;
 	void *ptr;
 
 	modname = g_strconcat ("imlib-", mod, NULL);
-	path = g_module_build_path (IMLIB_LIB, modname);
+	imlib_path = __secure_getenv("GDK_IMLIB_PATH");
+	if (!imlib_path || !*imlib_path) imlib_path = IMLIB_LIB;
+	path = g_module_build_path (imlib_path, modname);
 	g_free (modname);
 
 	m = g_module_open (path, G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY);