diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 1282a5bffb..250348c231 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -3453,7 +3453,8 @@ $(objpfx)tst-dlopen-constructor-null-mod2.so: \
 CFLAGS-tst-origin.c += $(no-stack-protector)
 CFLAGS-liborigin-mod.c += $(no-stack-protector)
 # Link tst-origin with liborigin-mod.so, but without a full path.
-LDFLAGS-tst-origin += -Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN -L$(subst :, -L,$(rpath-link)) -lorigin-mod
+LDFLAGS-tst-origin += -Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN -L$(subst :, -L,$(rpath-link))
+LDLIBS-tst-origin += -lorigin-mod
 $(objpfx)tst-origin: +nolink-deps += $(objpfx)liborigin-mod.so
 $(objpfx)tst-origin: $(objpfx)liborigin-mod.so
 $(objpfx)tst-origin.out: tst-origin.sh $(objpfx)tst-origin