diff --git a/ldso/dynlink.c b/ldso/dynlink.c
index 3380240..f507bc4 100644
--- a/ldso/dynlink.c
+++ b/ldso/dynlink.c
@@ -807,7 +807,12 @@ static int fixup_rpath(struct dso *p, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
 		origin = p->name;
 	}
 	t = strrchr(origin, '/');
-	l = t ? t-origin : 0;
+	if (t) {
+		l = t-origin;
+	} else {
+		origin = ".";
+		l = 1;
+	}
 	p->rpath = malloc(strlen(p->rpath_orig) + n*l + 1);
 	if (!p->rpath) return -1;