diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index dc21c6cacdb..535ae78b6d0 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ private fun processCLib(flavorName: String, cinteropArguments: CInteropArguments
                     dependencies = stdlibDependency + imports.requiredLibraries.toList(),
                     nopack = cinteropArguments.nopack,
                     shortName = cinteropArguments.shortModuleName,
-                    staticLibraries = staticLibraries
+                    staticLibraries = resolveLibraries(staticLibraries, libraryPaths)
             )
             return null
         }
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index 1c4a81c8c9c..4d247de9f79 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -3576,8 +3576,8 @@ createInterop("embedStaticLibraries") {
         }
     }
 
-    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "$libDir/1.a"
-    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "$libDir/2.a"
+    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "1.a"
+    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "2.a"
 }
 
 if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def
index 686ec63efd0..bd6d7b82b73 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-staticLibraries = \
-    backend.native/tests/build/embedStaticLibraries/3.a \
-    backend.native/tests/build/embedStaticLibraries/4.a
+libraryPaths = backend.native/tests/build/embedStaticLibraries
+staticLibraries = 3.a 4.a