diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index d829f068f0..7166bb8086 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -873,6 +873,11 @@ is_sequential_build() {
   [ "${MTWITHLOCKS}" != "yes" ] && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
+# arg1: filename (libtool) to remove hardcode rpath when --disable-rpath is not supported by configure
+libtool_remove_rpath() {
+  sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' ${1}
+  sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' ${1}
+}
 
 ### PACKAGE HELPERS ###
 # get variable ($2) for package ($1).