diff --git a/gs-install-appstream/meson.build b/gs-install-appstream/meson.build
index 57d7f9a078840826ab4422f03ec6e92574a8e39e..89847625a80bd1a9126a7ded5f669ea82947c899 100644
--- a/gs-install-appstream/meson.build
+++ b/gs-install-appstream/meson.build
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ executable(
   c_args : ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GsInstallAppstream"'],
   install : true,
   install_dir : get_option('libexecdir'),
+  install_rpath : gs_private_libdir,
 )