diff --git a/bin/smartlink b/bin/smartlink
index 15dbeba8f6784d29189783e63c1c13932f552c8c..7dabbb37e71f12af821367429c5d350c20606c91 100755
--- a/bin/smartlink
+++ b/bin/smartlink
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ if test x$# != x0 ; then
    IRIX\ 6.*)
      LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -rpath $RPATH"
    ;;
+   IRIX\ 5.*)
+     LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -rpath $RPATH"
+   ;;
    SunOS\ 5.*)
      LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -R$RPATH"
    ;;