diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 985fbc5f..f7be2ca9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ override_dh_installdocs:
 	dh_installdocs
 	install -m644 vim/README debian/notmuch/usr/share/doc/notmuch/README.vim
 
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	make RPATH_LDFLAGS=""
+
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
 	install -m644 vim/plugin/notmuch.vim debian/notmuch/usr/share/vim/addons/plugin