diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 456347c..ff1c3ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ exclude = [
     "res/*",
 ]
 edition = "2018"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
 section = "utility"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4bed5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fn main() {
+    // xclip and xsel paths are inserted at compile time on Linux
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=XCLIP_PATH");
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=XSEL_PATH");
+    }
+}