diff --git a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
index 990606668fe8..19c105bf4f02 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ mkDerivation {
       phases=
       # only do all the setup stuff in nix-support/*
       set +e
+      # This prevents having -rpath /lib in NIX_LDFLAGS
+      export NIX_NO_SELF_RPATH=1
       if [[ -z "\$ZSH_VERSION" ]]; then
         source "$s"
       else