diff --git a/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h b/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
index 1db862c..0d7e5f6 100644
--- a/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
+++ b/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
                 return split(s, '\n');
             }
 
+            static std::string join(const std::vector<std::string> &strings, const std::string &delimiter) {
+                std::string result;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < strings.size(); i++) {
+                    result += strings[i];
+
+                    if (i != strings.size() - 1) {
+                        result += delimiter;
+                    }
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+
             static inline std::string strLower(std::string s) {
                 std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), [](unsigned char c) { return std::tolower(c); });
                 return s;
diff --git a/src/core/appdir.cpp b/src/core/appdir.cpp
index 9807e33..f7971f7 100644
--- a/src/core/appdir.cpp
+++ b/src/core/appdir.cpp
@@ -834,7 +834,14 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
                     if (!d->deployElfDependencies(sharedLibrary))
                         return false;
 
-                    d->setElfRPathOperations[sharedLibrary] = "$ORIGIN";
+                    const auto rpath = elf_file::ElfFile(sharedLibrary).getRPath();
+                    auto rpathList = util::split(rpath, ':');
+                    if (std::find(rpathList.begin(), rpathList.end(), "$ORIGIN") == rpathList.end()) {
+                        rpathList.push_back("$ORIGIN");
+                        d->setElfRPathOperations[sharedLibrary] = util::join(rpathList, ":");
+                    } else {
+                        d->setElfRPathOperations[sharedLibrary] = rpath;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // used to bundle dependencies of executables or libraries in the AppDir without moving them