diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj/rpath.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj/rpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..347996a808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj/rpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Description: Don't set RPATH in libraries.
+Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@debian.org>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE-Specific]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -194,9 +194,6 @@ def get_extension_modules():
+     ext_options = {
+         "include_dirs": include_dirs,
+         "library_dirs": library_dirs,
+-        "runtime_library_dirs": (
+-            library_dirs if os.name != "nt" and sys.platform != "cygwin" else None
+-        ),
+         "libraries": get_libraries(library_dirs),
+     }
+     # setup cythonized modules
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.6.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.6.1.bb
index a4121c3934..681678306f 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.6.1.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PYPI_PACKAGE = "pyproj"
 
 inherit pypi setuptools3
 
+SRC_URI += "file://rpath.patch"
+
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "44aa7c704c2b7d8fb3d483bbf75af6cb2350d30a63b144279a09b75fead501bf"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \