diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/arldd b/gtk2_ardour/arldd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3d0457d266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/arldd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. `dirname "$0"`/../build/default/gtk2_ardour/ardev_common_waf.sh
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+exec ldd $TOP/$EXECUTABLE