diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gl2ps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gl2ps/package.py
index 09030efe44..f64d3e4423 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gl2ps/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gl2ps/package.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             self.define("OPENGL_egl_LIBRARY", "IGNORE"),
             self.define("OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY", "IGNORE"),
         ]
+        if spec.satisfies("platform=darwin"):
+            options.append(self.define("CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH", True))
+
         if "~doc" in spec:
             # Make sure we don't look.
             options.append(self.define("CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LATEX", True))