diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
index 06ed1b2d90..39c5878ad0 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mpd/package.mk
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ addon() {
   # copy mpd cli binary
   cp -P $(get_install_dir mpd-mpc)/usr/bin/mpc ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/bin
 
-  mkdir -p ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib
-  cp -p $(get_install_dir libmpdclient)/usr/lib/libmpdclient.so ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib
-  cp -p $(get_install_dir libmpdclient)/usr/lib/libmpdclient.so.2 ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib
+  patchelf --add-rpath '$ORIGIN/../lib.private' ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/bin/{mpc,mpd}
+
+  mkdir -p ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib.private
+  cp -p $(get_install_dir libmpdclient)/usr/lib/libmpdclient.so ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib.private
+  cp -p $(get_install_dir libmpdclient)/usr/lib/libmpdclient.so.2 ${ADDON_BUILD}/${PKG_ADDON_ID}/lib.private
 }