diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index a3e965cbc6b507808015b039b94305947e222b11..055bc0f1c0bf61a5f1d3e433fcce015c974a6056 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ EOF
 ## set ROOT TFile forward compatibility
 RUN sed -i 's/# \(TFile.v630forwardCompatibility:\) no/\1 yes/' /usr/local/etc/root/system.rootrc
 
+## Setup ld.so.conf with what could go in LD_LIBRARY_PATH (but lower priority)
+## Ref: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ld.so.8.html
+COPY <<EOF /etc/ld.so.conf.d/eic-shell.conf
+/usr/local/lib/root
+EOF
+RUN ldconfig
+
 ## set the local spack configuration
 ENV SPACK_DISABLE_LOCAL_CONFIG="true"
 RUN <<EOF
diff --git a/containers/jug/profile.d/z11_jug_env.sh b/containers/jug/profile.d/z11_jug_env.sh
index 6bee8a70fbd1e02c0cb3d1da7e8b4a8c7618bc2a..aea1a0ecd830870ffc6caee4a8329424f9f68611 100755
--- a/containers/jug/profile.d/z11_jug_env.sh
+++ b/containers/jug/profile.d/z11_jug_env.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# FIXME: add ROOT libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH until removal can be tested 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/root
-
 if [ ! -z ${EIC_SHELL_PREFIX} ]; then
   if [  "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" != *"${EIC_SHELL_PREFIX}/lib"* ]; then
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$EIC_SHELL_PREFIX/lib${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}