diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
index c603694cc6..fde9216664 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 class Formula
   undef shared_library
+  undef rpath
 
   def shared_library(name, version = nil)
     suffix = if version == "*" || (name == "*" && version.blank?)
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ class Formula
     "#{name}.so#{suffix}"
   end
 
+  def rpath
+    "'$ORIGIN/../lib'"
+  end
+
   class << self
     undef ignore_missing_libraries
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index ab8ab2f05a..71ddf5f128 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1523,6 +1523,12 @@ class Formula
     "#{name}#{infix}.dylib"
   end
 
+  # Executable/Library RPATH according to platform conventions.
+  sig { returns(String) }
+  def rpath
+    "@loader_path/../lib"
+  end
+
   # an array of all core {Formula} names
   # @private
   def self.core_names