diff --git a/libtcc.c b/libtcc.c
index 12ee171..6759daa 100644
--- a/libtcc.c
+++ b/libtcc.c
@@ -1880,7 +1880,19 @@ static int tcc_set_linker(TCCState *s, const char *option)
         } else if (link_option(option, "O", &p)) {
             ignoring = 1;
         } else if (link_option(option, "rpath=", &p)) {
-            s->rpath = copy_linker_arg(p);
+            char *pbuf = copy_linker_arg(p);
+
+            if (s->rpath != NULL) {
+                size_t plen = strlen(pbuf) +1, ol = strlen(s->rpath);
+                char *nbuf = tcc_malloc(ol + 1 + plen);
+
+                memcpy(nbuf, s->rpath, ol);
+                nbuf[ol++] = ':';
+                tcc_free(s->rpath);
+                memcpy(&nbuf[ol], pbuf, plen);
+                s->rpath = nbuf;
+            } else
+                s->rpath = pbuf;
         } else if (link_option(option, "section-alignment=", &p)) {
             s->section_align = strtoul(p, &end, 16);
         } else if (link_option(option, "soname=", &p)) {