diff --git a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
index d831bfe8cf5..e419cbdb53b 100644
--- a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+++ b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
@@ -12465,7 +12465,7 @@ mono_compile_assembly (MonoAssembly *ass, guint32 opts, const char *aot_options,
 	acfg->aot_opts.nimt_trampolines = 512;
 	acfg->aot_opts.nrgctx_fetch_trampolines = 128;
 	acfg->aot_opts.ngsharedvt_arg_trampolines = 512;
-	acfg->aot_opts.llvm_path = g_strdup ("");
+	acfg->aot_opts.llvm_path = g_strdup ("/usr/lib/mono/llvm/bin/");
 	acfg->aot_opts.temp_path = g_strdup ("");
 #ifdef MONOTOUCH
 	acfg->aot_opts.use_trampolines_page = TRUE;