diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Jamfile b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Jamfile
index 42aafe75256..2c1c84316d8 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Jamfile
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Jamfile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ exe explorer :
 	<find-shared-library>uuid
 	<find-shared-library>wsock32
 	<find-shared-library>oleaut32
+	<find-shared-library>libexpat
 	<linkflags>notifyhook.dll
-	<linkflags>libexpat.dll
  ;
 
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
index 172c1119dda..79bf63e82ec 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ OBJECTS = \
 	i386-stub-win32.o \
 	xmlstorage.o
 
-LIBS = gdi32 comctl32 ole32 uuid
+LIBS = gdi32 comctl32 ole32 uuid expat
 DELAYIMPORTS = oleaut32 wsock32
 
 .PHONY: all depends implib clean install dist bootcd depends
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ ever:
 buildno.h: ../../../include/reactos/buildno.h
 	$(CD_PREFIX)updatebuildno
 
-$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(PROGRAM)$(RES_SUFFIX) notifyhook.dll ..\..\..\lib\expat\libexpat.dll
-	$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(addprefix -l,$(LIBS)) $(addprefix -l,$(DELAYIMPORTS))
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(PROGRAM)$(RES_SUFFIX) notifyhook.dll
+	$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(addprefix -l,$(LIBS)) $(addprefix -l,$(DELAYIMPORTS)) -L$(PATH_TO_TOP)/dk/w32/lib
 
 explorer$(RES_SUFFIX): $(PROGRAM)_intres.rc res/*.bmp res/*.ico
 	$(RC) $(RCFLAGS) -o $@ $(PROGRAM)_intres.rc
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile.MinGW b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile.MinGW
index 4eb220c29d3..8a0ac4bdc84 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile.MinGW
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/Makefile.MinGW
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ OBJECTS = \
 	i386-stub-win32.o \
 	xmlstorage.o
 
-LIBS = gdi32 comctl32 ole32 uuid
+LIBS = gdi32 comctl32 ole32 uuid libexpat
 DELAYIMPORTS = oleaut32 wsock32
 
 all: $(TARGET)
 
-$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(PROGRAM)$(RES_SUFFIX) notifyhook.dll libexpat.dll
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(PROGRAM)$(RES_SUFFIX) notifyhook.dll
 	$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(addprefix -l,$(LIBS)) $(addprefix -l,$(DELAYIMPORTS))
 
 explorer$(RES_SUFFIX): $(PROGRAM)_intres.rc res/*.bmp res/*.ico