diff --git a/bin/smartlink b/bin/smartlink
index f77190d89ca5927f0a20933822745735b9f80b22..15dbeba8f6784d29189783e63c1c13932f552c8c 100755
--- a/bin/smartlink
+++ b/bin/smartlink
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ if test x$# != x0 ; then
    ;;
    *)
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$RPATH"
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+    LD_RUN_PATH="$RPATH"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_RUN_PATH
    ;;
   esac
 fi