diff --git a/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/CopyLibs.cmake b/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/CopyLibs.cmake
index b11b8bc3e..ddb5d9ae6 100644
--- a/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/CopyLibs.cmake
+++ b/cmake-proxies/cmake-modules/CopyLibs.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #
 message( "==================================================================" )
 message( "Copying wxWidgets libraries:" )
-message( "${SRC} ${DST}" )
 message( "==================================================================" )
 
 # list command no longer ignores empty elements.
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ function( gather_libs src )
       foreach( line ${output} )
          if( line MATCHES "^.*libwx.*\\.dylib " )
             string( REGEX REPLACE "dylib .*" "dylib" line "${line}" )
-            if( NOT line STREQUAL "${src}" )
+            if( NOT line STREQUAL "${src}" AND NOT line MATCHES "@executable" )
                set( lib ${line} )
 
                list( APPEND libs ${lib} )
@@ -75,7 +74,9 @@ function( gather_libs src )
          endif()
       endforeach()
    elseif( CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" )
-      execute( output ldd ${src} )
+      execute( output sh -c "LD_LIBRARY_PATH='${WXWIN}' ldd ${src}" )
+
+      get_filename_component( libname "${src}" NAME )
 
       foreach( line ${output} )
          if( line MATCHES ".*libwx.*" )
diff --git a/cmake-proxies/wxWidgets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake-proxies/wxWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
index 83d590d38..fc2344394 100644
--- a/cmake-proxies/wxWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake-proxies/wxWidgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ if( wxWidgets_FOUND )
          >
    )
 
+   set( WXWIN $ENV{WXWIN} CACHE INTERNAL "" )
+   if( WXWIN )
+      string( APPEND WXWIN "/lib" )
+   else()
+      set( WXWIN "${wxWidgets_LIBRARY_DIRS}" )
+   endif()
+   set( WXWIN "${WXWIN}" CACHE INTERNAL "" )
+
    set( toolkit "${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}" )
 else()
    message( STATUS "Using local '${name}' library" )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index daaa42dd6..0808ea7de 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1264,6 +1264,7 @@ else()
       COMMAND
          ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -D SRC="${_EXEDIR}/audacity"
                           -D DST="${_DEST}/${_PKGLIB}"
+                          -D WXWIN="${WXWIN}"
                           -P ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/CopyLibs.cmake
       POST_BUILD
    )