diff --git a/local/patches/relibc/P3-ldso-rpath-support.patch b/local/patches/relibc/P3-ldso-rpath-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b889c0524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/relibc/P3-ldso-rpath-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/src/ld_so/dso.rs b/src/ld_so/dso.rs
+index afb4c7c1..1aab77c7 100644
+--- a/src/ld_so/dso.rs
++++ b/src/ld_so/dso.rs
+@@ -722,7 +722,14 @@ impl DSO {
+ 
+                 elf::DT_NEEDED => needed.push(entry),
+                 elf::DT_JMPREL => jmprel = Some(ptr as usize),
+-                elf::DT_RUNPATH => runpath = Some(entry), // FIXME(andypython): rpath
++                elf::DT_RUNPATH => runpath = Some(entry),
++                elf::DT_RPATH => {
++                    // DT_RPATH is the older form; DT_RUNPATH takes precedence.
++                    // Only use RPATH if RUNPATH was not already set.
++                    if runpath.is_none() {
++                        runpath = Some(entry);
++                    }
++                }
+                 elf::DT_STRTAB => strtab_offset = Some(relative_idx),
+                 elf::DT_STRSZ => strtab_size = Some(val),
+                 elf::DT_SONAME => soname = Some(entry),
diff --git a/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
index e6844ac97..e5260422e 100644
--- a/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ patches = [
     # to prevent recursive include chain (stdint.h → sys/types.h → pthread.h)
     # from seeing undefined size_t when gnulib wrappers are present
     "P3-stddef-reorder.patch",
+    # ld.so: parse DT_RPATH in addition to DT_RUNPATH (RUNPATH takes precedence per gABI)
+    "P3-ldso-rpath-support.patch",
 ]
 
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