diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 586cfc9686..6fcd3ceb9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>
@@ -4190,7 +4190,11 @@ a secret password store, an adblocker, and a modern UI.")
      ;;      subsystem
      ;;   FAIL
      '(#:tests? #f
-       #:glib-or-gtk? #t))
+       #:glib-or-gtk? #t
+       #:configure-flags
+       ;; Otherwise, the RUNPATH will lack the final 'epiphany' path component.
+       (list (string-append "-Dc_link_args=-Wl,-rpath="
+                            (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib/epiphany"))))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("dconf" ,dconf)))
     (native-inputs