diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
index a8109be879bc860f17f522d22cddcb42655bccba..94be849bcd17c294df90448efc816e022b2d9c85 100644
--- a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ executable("flutter_linux_unittests") {
 shared_library("flutter_linux_gtk") {
   deps = [ ":flutter_linux" ]
 
+  ldflags = [ "-Wl,-rpath,\$ORIGIN" ]
+
   public_configs = [ "//flutter:config" ]
 }