diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libiconv/libiconv_1.14.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libiconv/libiconv_1.14.bb
index 6666866a90..b1d2612d09 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libiconv/libiconv_1.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libiconv/libiconv_1.14.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 	rm -f m4/libtool.m4 m4/ltoptions.m4 m4/ltsugar.m4 m4/ltversion.m4 m4/lt~obsolete.m4 libcharset/m4/libtool.m4 libcharset/m4/ltoptions.m4 libcharset/m4/ltsugar.m4 libcharset/m4/ltversion.m4 libcharset/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 }
 
+do_configure_append () {
+        # forcibly remove RPATH from libtool
+        sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' *libtool
+        sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=_NO_RPATH_|g' *libtool
+}
+
 do_install_append () {
 	rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/preloadable_libiconv.so
 	rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/charset.alias