The build system installs the jni shared library in a wrong path.

--- a/java/Makefile.am
+++ b/java/Makefile.am
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
 jnidir = `pwd`/built
 
-jni_LTLIBRARIES = libxapian_jni.la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libxapian_jni.la
 
 # Remove the .la file - libxapian_jni.la is never linked against (it's a
 # module) and JVMs don't use libltdl.  Note that the library gets installed by
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 endif
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(SWIG_CXXFLAGS) $(XAPIAN_CXXFLAGS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(JAVA_CPPFLAGS)
-libxapian_jni_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module $(SHREXT) $(NO_UNDEFINED)
+libxapian_jni_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module $(SHREXT) $(NO_UNDEFINED) -rpath $(libdir)/xapian-bindings
 libxapian_jni_la_LIBADD = $(XAPIAN_LIBS)
 libxapian_jni_la_SOURCES = xapian_wrap.cc