---
 ld/emultempl/elf32.em |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -1471,6 +1471,8 @@
 	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)
 	    {
 	      path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
+	      if ((path) && (strlen (path) == 0))
+	      	path = NULL;
 	      if (path
 		  && gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (path, &n, force))
 		break;
@@ -1746,6 +1748,8 @@
   rpath = command_line.rpath;
   if (rpath == NULL)
     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
+  if ((rpath) && (*rpath == '\0'))
+  	rpath = NULL;
 
   for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link.next)
     if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)