diff -ur libgpg-error.org/configure.ac libgpg-error/configure.ac
--- configure.ac	2017-03-05 01:27:38.249210887 +0100
+++ configure.ac~	2017-03-05 01:29:36.820894687 +0100
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@
    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
 fi
 
+# permit disabling rpath
+AC_LIB_RPATH
+
 #
 # Check whether ld supports a version script.
 # (Actually not a check but a list of systems which are known to support it.)