diff --git a/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in b/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
index ee650f0dec0642d1008851670e120272880a706e..bd004407f8c41f9234db07c7f8083f9c8389504a 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
+++ b/darshan-runtime/Makefile.in
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ endif
 	install -m 755 share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cc.conf $(datarootdir)/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cc.conf
 	install -m 755 share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cxx.conf $(datarootdir)/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cxx.conf
 	install -m 755 share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf $(datarootdir)/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf
+	install -m 644 darshan-base-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/darshan-base-ld-opts
+	install -m 644 darshan-posix-ld-opts $(datarootdir)/darshan-posix-ld-opts
 	install -d $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 	install -m 644 lib/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc $(libdir)/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc
 
@@ -108,5 +110,5 @@ clean::
 	rm -f *.o *.a lib/*.o lib/*.po lib/*.a lib/*.so 
 
 distclean:: clean
-	rm -f darshan-runtime-config.h darshan-gen-cxx.pl darshan-gen-fortran.pl darshan-gen-cc.pl darshan-mk-log-dirs.pl aclocal.m4 autom4te.cache/* config.status config.log Makefile 
+	rm -f darshan-runtime-config.h darshan-gen-cxx.pl darshan-gen-fortran.pl darshan-gen-cc.pl darshan-mk-log-dirs.pl darshan-config darshan-base-ld-opts aclocal.m4 autom4te.cache/* config.status config.log Makefile 
 	rm -rf autom4te.cache
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/configure b/darshan-runtime/configure
index 1b62d500d935b3355225a263e667ba92cdc9cbd5..ce590899f2402bc7471a5f466f978e0108d0307d 100755
--- a/darshan-runtime/configure
+++ b/darshan-runtime/configure
@@ -624,9 +624,8 @@ LIBOBJS
 MPICH_LIB_OLD
 DARSHAN_VERSION
 DISABLE_LDPRELOAD
-CP_WRAPPERS
 __CP_LOG_PATH
-darshan_bin_path
+darshan_share_path
 darshan_lib_path
 PRI_MACROS_BROKEN
 EGREP
@@ -4081,9 +4080,6 @@ done
 
 #CP_WRAPPERS="-Wl,-u,MPI_Init,-u,MPI_Wtime,-wrap,write,-wrap,open,-wrap,creat,-wrap,creat64,-wrap,open64,-wrap,close,-wrap,read,-wrap,lseek,-wrap,lseek64,-wrap,pread,-wrap,pwrite,-wrap,readv,-wrap,writev,-wrap,__xstat,-wrap,__lxstat,-wrap,__fxstat,-wrap,__xstat64,-wrap,__lxstat64,-wrap,__fxstat64,-wrap,mmap,-wrap,mmap64,-wrap,fopen,-wrap,fclose,-wrap,fread,-wrap,fwrite,-wrap,fseek,-wrap,fopen64,-wrap,pread64,-wrap,pwrite64,-wrap,fsync,-wrap,fdatasync,-wrap,ncmpi_create,-wrap,ncmpi_open,-wrap,ncmpi_close,-wrap,H5Fcreate,-wrap,H5Fopen,-wrap,H5Fclose,-wrap,aio_write,-wrap,aio_write64,-wrap,aio_read,-wrap,aio_read64,-wrap,lio_listio,-wrap,lio_listio64,-wrap,aio_return,-wrap,aio_return64,-wrap,mkstemp,-wrap,mkostemp,-wrap,mkstemps,-wrap,mkostemps"
 
-# libc functions wrapped by darshan
-CP_WRAPPERS="-Wl,-u,MPI_Init,-u,MPI_Wtime,-wrap,open,-wrap,open64,-wrap,creat,-wrap,creat64,-wrap,read,-wrap,write,-wrap,pread,-wrap,pwrite,-wrap,pread64,-wrap,pwrite64,-wrap,readv,-wrap,writev,-wrap,close"
-
 # We need to know the value of the $libdir and $bindir variables so that
 # we can reference the correct path in the darshan compiler wrappers.
 # Unfortunately, those two variables are not normally evaluated by autoconf.
@@ -4099,7 +4095,7 @@ saveExecprefix=$exec_prefix
 test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
 test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
 eval darshan_lib_path=$libdir
-eval darshan_bin_path=$bindir
+eval darshan_share_path=$datarootdir
 prefix=$savePrefix
 exec_prefix=$saveExecprefix
 
@@ -4273,8 +4269,7 @@ DARSHAN_VERSION="3.0.0-pre1"
 
 
 
-
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile darshan-mk-log-dirs.pl darshan-gen-cc.pl darshan-gen-cxx.pl darshan-gen-fortran.pl darshan-config share/craype-1.x/darshan-module share/craype-2.x/darshan-module lib/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc share/mpi-profile/darshan-cc.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-cxx.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-f.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cc.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cxx.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile darshan-mk-log-dirs.pl darshan-gen-cc.pl darshan-gen-cxx.pl darshan-gen-fortran.pl darshan-base-ld-opts darshan-config share/craype-1.x/darshan-module share/craype-2.x/darshan-module lib/pkgconfig/darshan-runtime.pc share/mpi-profile/darshan-cc.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-cxx.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-f.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cc.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-cxx.conf share/mpi-profile/darshan-bg-f.conf"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -4973,6 +4968,7 @@ do
     "darshan-gen-cc.pl") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES darshan-gen-cc.pl" ;;
     "darshan-gen-cxx.pl") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES darshan-gen-cxx.pl" ;;
     "darshan-gen-fortran.pl") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES darshan-gen-fortran.pl" ;;
+    "darshan-base-ld-opts") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES darshan-base-ld-opts" ;;
     "darshan-config") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES darshan-config" ;;
     "share/craype-1.x/darshan-module") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES share/craype-1.x/darshan-module" ;;
     "share/craype-2.x/darshan-module") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES share/craype-2.x/darshan-module" ;;
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/configure.in b/darshan-runtime/configure.in
index c218a4b9a3dbe95a6441e2dff2cc20d409de5b3f..74b4dbd820991d66d3b2ffecc72d9b9dc3bcdd7b 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/configure.in
+++ b/darshan-runtime/configure.in
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mntent.h sys/mount.h)
 
 #CP_WRAPPERS="-Wl,-u,MPI_Init,-u,MPI_Wtime,-wrap,write,-wrap,open,-wrap,creat,-wrap,creat64,-wrap,open64,-wrap,close,-wrap,read,-wrap,lseek,-wrap,lseek64,-wrap,pread,-wrap,pwrite,-wrap,readv,-wrap,writev,-wrap,__xstat,-wrap,__lxstat,-wrap,__fxstat,-wrap,__xstat64,-wrap,__lxstat64,-wrap,__fxstat64,-wrap,mmap,-wrap,mmap64,-wrap,fopen,-wrap,fclose,-wrap,fread,-wrap,fwrite,-wrap,fseek,-wrap,fopen64,-wrap,pread64,-wrap,pwrite64,-wrap,fsync,-wrap,fdatasync,-wrap,ncmpi_create,-wrap,ncmpi_open,-wrap,ncmpi_close,-wrap,H5Fcreate,-wrap,H5Fopen,-wrap,H5Fclose,-wrap,aio_write,-wrap,aio_write64,-wrap,aio_read,-wrap,aio_read64,-wrap,lio_listio,-wrap,lio_listio64,-wrap,aio_return,-wrap,aio_return64,-wrap,mkstemp,-wrap,mkostemp,-wrap,mkstemps,-wrap,mkostemps"
 
-# libc functions wrapped by darshan
-CP_WRAPPERS="-Wl,-u,MPI_Init,-u,MPI_Wtime,-wrap,open,-wrap,open64,-wrap,creat,-wrap,creat64,-wrap,read,-wrap,write,-wrap,pread,-wrap,pwrite,-wrap,pread64,-wrap,pwrite64,-wrap,readv,-wrap,writev,-wrap,close"
-
 # We need to know the value of the $libdir and $bindir variables so that 
 # we can reference the correct path in the darshan compiler wrappers.  
 # Unfortunately, those two variables are not normally evaluated by autoconf.  
@@ -207,7 +204,7 @@ saveExecprefix=$exec_prefix
 test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
 test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
 eval darshan_lib_path=$libdir
-eval darshan_bin_path=$bindir
+eval darshan_share_path=$datarootdir
 prefix=$savePrefix
 exec_prefix=$saveExecprefix
 
@@ -298,10 +295,9 @@ AS_IF([$CC -show foo.c -o foo |grep lmpich >& /dev/null],
 DARSHAN_VERSION="AC_PACKAGE_VERSION"
 
 AC_SUBST(darshan_lib_path)
-AC_SUBST(darshan_bin_path)
+AC_SUBST(darshan_share_path)
 AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(__CP_LOG_PATH)
-AC_SUBST(CP_WRAPPERS)
 AC_SUBST(DISABLE_LDPRELOAD)
 AC_SUBST(DARSHAN_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(MPICH_LIB_OLD)
@@ -310,6 +306,7 @@ darshan-mk-log-dirs.pl
 darshan-gen-cc.pl
 darshan-gen-cxx.pl
 darshan-gen-fortran.pl
+darshan-base-ld-opts
 darshan-config
 share/craype-1.x/darshan-module
 share/craype-2.x/darshan-module
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in b/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f7fa6a52613e5c876d43cda45ab676037acb436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@@darshan_share_path@/darshan-posix-ld-opts
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/darshan-config.in b/darshan-runtime/darshan-config.in
index bfeffdd1d294d321727e57c123d2fdf774c6aaa7..6ed5c7cae5758ad06ec06e4a9cca9b6542020115 100755
--- a/darshan-runtime/darshan-config.in
+++ b/darshan-runtime/darshan-config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CP_WRAPPERS="@CP_WRAPPERS@"
 DARSHAN_LIB_PATH="@darshan_lib_path@"
+DARSHAN_SHARE_PATH="@darshan_share_path@"
 DARSHAN_LD_FLAGS="@LDFLAGS@"
 
 # NOTE:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DARSHAN_LD_FLAGS="@LDFLAGS@"
 #   dependencies on PnetCDF and HDF5 symbols (if the app used a library which 
 #   in turn used one of those HLLs).
 
-PRE_LD_FLAGS="-L$DARSHAN_LIB_PATH $DARSHAN_LD_FLAGS -ldarshan -lz $CP_WRAPPERS"
+PRE_LD_FLAGS="-L$DARSHAN_LIB_PATH $DARSHAN_LD_FLAGS -ldarshan -lz -Wl,@$DARSHAN_SHARE_PATH/darshan-base-ld-opts"
 POST_LD_FLAGS="-L$DARSHAN_LIB_PATH -ldarshan -lz -lrt -lpthread"
 
 usage="\
diff --git a/darshan-runtime/darshan-posix-ld-opts b/darshan-runtime/darshan-posix-ld-opts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be3b1df8ab4d67551e9a37de75457bf858ef56d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darshan-runtime/darshan-posix-ld-opts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--wrap=open
+--wrap=open64
+--wrap=creat
+--wrap=creat64
+--wrap=read
+--wrap=write
+--wrap=pread
+--wrap=pwrite
+--wrap=pread64
+--wrap=pwrite64
+--wrap=readv
+--wrap=writev
+--wrap=close