diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 774a95ce003..d408e77cc78 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11137,6 +11137,38 @@ fi
     LIBWINE_DEPENDS="wine.map"
 
     TOP_INSTALL_LIB="$TOP_INSTALL_LIB libs/wine/libwine.so.$libwine_version libs/wine/libwine.so.$libwine_soversion"
+
+    # do this at the end because it needs double dollar for makefile
+    as_ac_var=`printf "%s\n" "ac_cv_cflags_-Wl,-rpath,\\\\\\$ORIGIN" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether the compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,\\\$ORIGIN" >&5
+printf %s "checking whether the compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,\\\$ORIGIN... " >&6; }
+if eval test \${$as_ac_var+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  ac_wine_try_cflags_saved=$CFLAGS
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wl,-rpath,\\\$ORIGIN"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; }
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"
+then :
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+else $as_nop
+  eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+CFLAGS=$ac_wine_try_cflags_saved
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_var
+	       { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"
+then :
+  UNIXLDFLAGS="$UNIXLDFLAGS '-Wl,-rpath,\$\$ORIGIN'"
+fi
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8c5066a3de6..01ede86df1e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -916,6 +916,9 @@ case $host_os in
     AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_SHAREDLIB,"libwine.so.$libwine_version")
     AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_DEPENDS,"wine.map")
     TOP_INSTALL_LIB="$TOP_INSTALL_LIB libs/wine/libwine.so.$libwine_version libs/wine/libwine.so.$libwine_soversion"
+
+    # do this at the end because it needs double dollar for makefile
+    WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wl,-rpath,\\\$ORIGIN],[UNIXLDFLAGS="$UNIXLDFLAGS '-Wl,-rpath,\$\$ORIGIN'"])
     ;;
 esac