diff --git a/alt/bindings/binding.gyp b/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
index 4d1c3163..597e175e 100644
--- a/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
+++ b/alt/bindings/binding.gyp
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@
       'sources': ['src/duckdb_node_bindings.cpp'],
       'include_dirs': ['<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb'],
       'conditions': [
+        ['OS=="linux"', {
+          'link_settings': {
+            'libraries': [
+              '-lduckdb',
+              '-L<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb',
+              '-Wl,-rpath,\'$$ORIGIN\'',
+            ],
+          },
+          'copies': [
+            {
+              'files': ['<(module_root_dir)/libduckdb/libduckdb.so'],
+              'destination': 'package/lib',
+            },
+          ],
+        }],
         ['OS=="mac"', {
           'cflags+': ['-fvisibility=hidden'],
           'xcode_settings': {
diff --git a/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
index 2291b378..b8aa79e2 100644
--- a/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
+++ b/alt/bindings/scripts/fetch_libduckdb.py
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 libduckdb_file_names = libduckdb_file_names_for_os[os_name]
 
 libduckdb_zip_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "libduckdb.zip")
+print("fetching: " + libduckdb_zip_url)
 urllib.request.urlretrieve(libduckdb_zip_url, libduckdb_zip_path)
 
 zip = zipfile.ZipFile(libduckdb_zip_path)
 
 for file_name in libduckdb_file_names:
+  print("extracting: " + file_name)
   zip.extract(file_name, output_dir)