diff --git a/kde-modules/prefix.sh.cmake b/kde-modules/prefix.sh.cmake
--- a/kde-modules/prefix.sh.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/prefix.sh.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export PATH=@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@:$PATH
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH only needed if you are building without rpath
+# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS=@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR@:${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}
 export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=@KDE_INSTALL_FULL_CONFDIR@:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}