diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
index e91d57b0cd6..81e90154aa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "-DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package"
       "-DgRPC_GFLAGS_PROVIDER=package"
       "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+      "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF"
     ];
 
   # CMake creates a build directory by default, this conflicts with the