diff --git a/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch b/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f9e0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Naur mysql-connector-python-8.0.33-src/cpydist/__init__.py mysql-connector-python_patched/cpydist/__init__.py
+--- mysql-connector-python-8.0.33-src/cpydist/__init__.py	2023-03-30 12:58:04.000000000 +0200
++++ mysql-connector-python_patched/cpydist/__init__.py	2025-07-21 09:21:19.084953101 +0200
+@@ -722,9 +722,6 @@
+                 # Add extra link args
+                 if self.extra_link_args:
+                     ext.extra_link_args.extend(self.extra_link_args.split())
+-                # Add -rpath if the platform is Linux
+-                if platform.system() == "Linux" and not self.skip_vendor:
+-                    ext.extra_link_args.extend(["-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/mysql/vendor"])
+                 # Add include dirs
+                 if self.with_openssl_include_dir:
+                     ext.include_dirs.append(self.with_openssl_include_dir)
diff --git a/mysql-connector-python.spec b/mysql-connector-python.spec
index b1c4eb7..e4bd660 100644
--- a/mysql-connector-python.spec
+++ b/mysql-connector-python.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ URL:            http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
 # generate-modified-sources.sh script available in this repo
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}-src-without-fonts.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:         %{name}-rpath.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 # for building the extension modules
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ Documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-src
 chmod -x examples/*py
+%patch -P0 -p1
 
 %build
 export MYSQL_CAPI=%{_prefix}  # searches for bin/mysql_config in here, enables the extension module