diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
index ad7283ca2ba..2723aabb95e 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/Julia/Julia-1.12.2.eb
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': ['bin', 'etc', 'include', 'lib', 'share']
 }
 
-sanity_check_commands = ['julia --help']
+sanity_check_commands = ['julia --version']
+
+modextrapaths = {
+    # lib/julia contains bundled libraries (OpenBLAS, libgfortran, etc.)
+    # needed by Julia's dlopen() calls at runtime
+    'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': 'lib/julia',
+}
 
 modextravars = {
     # Use default DEPOT_PATH where first entry is user's depot