--- /dev/null
+--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
++++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+@@ -1220,6 +1220,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
+ && command_line.rpath == NULL)
+ {
+ lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
++ lib_path = NULL;
+ if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
+ force))
+ break;
+@@ -1405,6 +1407,8 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation (
+ rpath = command_line.rpath;
+ if (rpath == NULL)
+ rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
++ rpath = NULL;
+ if (! (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections
+ (link_info.output_bfd, command_line.soname, rpath,
+ command_line.filter_shlib,