diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index a71dae9d96da0..6e8568ffe7ec6 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "clib":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      conf.cLinkedLibs.add processPath(conf, arg, info).string
+      conf.cLinkedLibs.add arg
   of "header":
     if conf != nil: conf.headerFile = arg
     incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenIndex)
diff --git a/tests/compiler/samplelib.nim b/tests/compiler/samplelib.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c709717220ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/samplelib.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Sample library used by tcmdlineclib.nim
+proc test(): int {.cdecl, exportc, dynlib.} = 123
diff --git a/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nim b/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c06d6f1034360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+proc test(): int {.importc, cdecl.}
+
+doAssert test() == 123
diff --git a/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nims b/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f7899d92e7c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/tcmdlineclib.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+
+selfExec "c --app:lib " & (projectDir() / "samplelib.nim")
+switch("clibdir", projectDir())
+--clib:samplelib
+
+# Make test executable can load sample shared library.
+# `-rpath` option doesn't work and ignored on Windows.
+# But the dll file in same directory as executable file is loaded.
+switch("passL", "-Wl,-rpath," & projectDir())