diff --git a/shared/shared.cpp b/shared/shared.cpp
index 14c5a40..2f9d8cb 100644
--- a/shared/shared.cpp
+++ b/shared/shared.cpp
@@ -976,7 +976,8 @@ void deployPlugins(const AppDirInfo &appDirInfo, const QString &pluginSourcePath
 
 void createQtConf(const QString &appDirPath)
 {
-    // Set Plugins and imports paths. These are relative to App.app/Contents.
+    // Set Plugins and imports paths. These are relative to QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+    // which is where the main executable resides; see http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt-conf.html
     QByteArray contents = "# Generated by linuxdeployqt\n"
                           "# https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/\n"
                           "[Paths]\n"
@@ -984,6 +985,17 @@ void createQtConf(const QString &appDirPath)
                           "Imports = qml\n"
                           "Qml2Imports = qml\n";
 
+    // Workaround for: https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/75
+    if(fhsLikeMode == true){
+    QByteArray contents = "# Generated by linuxdeployqt\n"
+                          "# https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/\n"
+                          "[Paths]\n"
+                          "Prefix = ../../\n"
+                          "Plugins = plugins\n"
+                          "Imports = qml\n"
+                          "Qml2Imports = qml\n";	    
+    }
+	
     QString filePath = appDirPath + "/"; // Is picked up when placed next to the main executable
     QString fileName = QDir::cleanPath(appBinaryPath + "/../qt.conf");