diff --git a/zvbi.spec b/zvbi.spec
index 854d279..995ed78 100644
--- a/zvbi.spec
+++ b/zvbi.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ EOF
 # x11font during compile time to convert zvbi fonts into x11 fonts. x11font
 # is thrown away and not installed as it's not useful for anything else
 %configure --disable-rpath --enable-v4l --enable-dvb --enable-proxy
+
+sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
+sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 # Generate fonts, fonts.alias and fonts.dir
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ ln -sf %{fontdir} %{buildroot}%{catalogue}/%{name}
 %changelog
 * Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.35-15
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
+- avoid rpath in binaries
 
 * Tue Mar 02 2021 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 0.2.35-14
 - Rebuilt for updated systemd-rpm-macros