diff -durN binutils-2.21.1.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.21.1/ld/emultempl/elf32.em

 --- binutils-2.21.1.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2011-06-27 09:39:14.000000000 +0200

 +++ binutils-2.21.1/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2011-09-12 13:39:08.808908274 +0200

 @@ -1272,6 +1272,8 @@

  	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)

  	    {

  	      lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");

 +	      if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))

 +	      	lib_path = NULL;

  	      if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,

  						      force))

  		break;

 @@ -1499,6 +1501,8 @@

    rpath = command_line.rpath;

    if (rpath == NULL)

      rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");

 +  if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))

 +  	rpath = NULL;

    for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link_next)

      if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)