diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index 0f911dc783..4df2674fea 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -1890,6 +1890,15 @@ (define-public qtwebkit
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'configure 'fix-qmlwebkit-plugins-rpath
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "Source/WebKit/qt/declarative/experimental/experimental.pri"
+               (("RPATHDIR_RELATIVE_TO_DESTDIR = \\.\\./\\.\\./lib")
+                "RPATHDIR_RELATIVE_TO_DESTDIR = ../../../../../lib"))
+             (substitute* "Source/WebKit/qt/declarative/public.pri"
+               (("RPATHDIR_RELATIVE_TO_DESTDIR = \\.\\./\\.\\./lib")
+                "RPATHDIR_RELATIVE_TO_DESTDIR = ../../../../lib"))
+             #t))
          (replace 'configure
                   (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
                     (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))