diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 41baa6613..7afd57993 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ sub getsetup () {
 }
 
 sub getlibdirs () {
-	my @libdirs = @{$config{libdirs}};
+	my @libdirs;
+	if ($config{libdirs}) {
+		@libdirs = @{$config{libdirs}};
+	}
 	if (length $config{libdir}) {
 		push @libdirs, $config{libdir};
 	}
diff --git a/doc/bugs/getlibdirs_function_failure.mdwn b/doc/bugs/getlibdirs_function_failure.mdwn
index 68d432633..ac909f724 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/getlibdirs_function_failure.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/getlibdirs_function_failure.mdwn
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ This error is triggered when $config{libdirs} is undefined; it didn't happen in
 A simple patch would be to alter that line to this:
 
         my @libdirs = $config{libdirs} ? @{$config{libdirs}} : ();
+
+> [[Fixed|done]], sorry about that --[[smcv]]