diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index b9f80b252d..94d9bc30ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1102,6 +1102,8 @@ (define-public avidemux
                                  "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH=TRUE"
                                  (string-append "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" out)
                                  (string-append "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=" lib)
+                                 (string-append "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="
+                                                "\"-Wl,-rpath=" lib "\"")
                                  (string-append "-DAVIDEMUX_SOURCE_DIR=" top)
                                  (string-append "-DSDL_INCLUDE_DIR="
                                                 sdl "/include/SDL")