diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.11.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.11.0.bb
index 711bf937f5..edc25db1b1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libssh2/libssh2_1.11.0.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig ptest
 EXTRA_OECONF += "\
                  --with-libz \
                  --with-libz-prefix=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+                 --disable-rpath \
                 "
 DISABLE_STATIC = ""