diff --git a/bin/smartlink b/bin/smartlink
index 326e141bb82d4fa33384de32794c3619cb8b209f..f77190d89ca5927f0a20933822745735b9f80b22 100755
--- a/bin/smartlink
+++ b/bin/smartlink
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ if test x$# != x0 ; then
    OSF1\ V4.*)
      LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -rpath $RPATH"
    ;;
+   IRIX\ 6.*)
+     LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -rpath $RPATH"
+   ;;
    SunOS\ 5.*)
      LDOPTS="$LDOPTS -R$RPATH"
    ;;