diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 954e0cb..96f663d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1029,7 +1029,16 @@ else
 fi
 
 CF_MAKE_TAGS
-CF_RPATH_HACK
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(if rpath should be not be set)
+CF_ARG_DISABLE(rpath-hack,
+	[  --disable-rpath-hack    don't add rpath options for additional libraries],
+	[DISABLE_RPATH_HACK=yes],
+	[DISABLE_RPATH_HACK=no])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($DISABLE_RPATH_HACK)
+if test "$DISABLE_RPATH_HACK" = no ; then
+	CF_RPATH_HACK
+fi
 
 ###	output makefile and config.h
 AC_OUTPUT(makefile filters/makefile filters/makefile.tmp:filters/makefile.2nd,