diff --git a/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm b/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
index 1f80130198..ee270ff105 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ (define-public wxwidgets
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags
        '("--with-regex=sys" "--with-libmspack" "--with-sdl")
+       #:make-flags
+       (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
+                            (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib"))
        ;; No 'check' target.
        #:tests? #f))
     (home-page "https://www.wxwidgets.org/")