diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d65fece2..dd0f4c5b4 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ add_definitions("-DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
 
 # RPATH configuration
+if(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH)
+       set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH FALSE)
+       set(CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
+endif()
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)