diff -durN binutils-2.22.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.22/ld/emultempl/elf32.em

 --- binutils-2.22.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2011-11-21 10:29:39.000000000 +0100

 +++ binutils-2.22/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2011-12-14 19:52:12.880783238 +0100

 @@ -1273,6 +1273,8 @@

  	      && 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;

 @@ -1500,6 +1502,8 @@

    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)