diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.5/kwin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.5/kwin/default.nix
index 2e86068b486f..a09acb88aade 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.5/kwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/plasma-5.5/kwin/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ plasmaPackage {
     kwindowsystem plasma-framework qtdeclarative qtmultimedia qtx11extras
   ];
   patches = [ ./0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch ];
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF" ];
   postInstall = ''
     wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/kwin_x11"
     wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/kwin_wayland"