diff --git a/opendbc/can/SConscript b/opendbc/can/SConscript
index 9f6825a9..ca0196b4 100644
--- a/opendbc/can/SConscript
+++ b/opendbc/can/SConscript
@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
-Import('env', 'envCython', 'common', 'arch')
-
+Import('env','envCython','common','arch')
+from SCons.Subst import Literal        # ← add this
 envDBC = env.Clone()
-dbc_file_path = '-DDBC_FILE_PATH=\'"%s"\'' % (envDBC.Dir("../dbc").abspath)
-envDBC['CXXFLAGS'] += [dbc_file_path]
-src = ["dbc.cc", "parser.cc", "packer.cc", "common.cc"]
+envDBC['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-DDBC_FILE_PATH=\\"%s\\"' % envDBC.Dir('../dbc').abspath]
+src = ['dbc.cc','parser.cc','packer.cc','common.cc']
+linkflags = envDBC['LINKFLAGS']
+if arch == 'Darwin':
+  linkflags += ['-Wl,-install_name,@loader_path/../..//libdbc.dylib']
+libdbc = envDBC.SharedLibrary('libdbc',src,LIBS=[common],LINKFLAGS=linkflags)
 
-# shared library for openpilot
-LINKFLAGS = envDBC["LINKFLAGS"]
-if arch == "Darwin":
-  LINKFLAGS += ["-Wl,-install_name,@loader_path/libdbc.dylib"]
-libdbc = envDBC.SharedLibrary('libdbc', src, LIBS=[common, ], LINKFLAGS=LINKFLAGS)
-
-# Build packer and parser
 lenv = envCython.Clone()
-lenv["LIBPATH"].append(Dir("."))
-lenv["RPATH"] = [libdbc[0].dir.abspath, ]
-parser = lenv.Program('parser_pyx.so', 'parser_pyx.pyx', LIBS=[common, libdbc[0].name])
-packer = lenv.Program('packer_pyx.so', 'packer_pyx.pyx', LIBS=[common, libdbc[0].name])
+dbc_dir = libdbc[0].dir.abspath
+lenv.Append(LIBPATH=[dbc_dir])
 
-opendbc_python = Alias("opendbc_python", [parser, packer])
+if arch == 'Darwin':
+  rpath_flags = [
+    '-Wl,-rpath,@loader_path',
+    '-Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../..',
+  ]
+else:
+  rpath_flags = [
+    Literal('-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN'),
+    Literal('-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../..'),
+  ]
+lenv.Append(LINKFLAGS=rpath_flags)
+parser = lenv.SharedLibrary('parser_pyx','parser_pyx.pyx',SHLIBPREFIX='',SHLIBSUFFIX='.so',LIBS=[common,'dbc'])
+packer = lenv.SharedLibrary('packer_pyx','packer_pyx.pyx',SHLIBPREFIX='',SHLIBSUFFIX='.so',LIBS=[common,'dbc'])
 
+opendbc_python = Alias('opendbc_python',[parser,packer,libdbc])
 Export('opendbc_python')