diff -ruN kdelibs-4.8.1.orig/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake kdelibs-4.8.1/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
--- kdelibs-4.8.1.orig/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake	2012-02-29 22:55:52.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-4.8.1/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake	2012-03-24 17:18:59.452942648 +0100
@@ -1045,7 +1045,13 @@
 
       set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
       set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
-      set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
+
+      # the RPATH to be used when installing
+      SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "")
+
+      # don't add the automatically determined parts of the RPATH
+      # which point to directories outside the build tree to the install RPATH
+      SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH FALSE)
    endif (APPLE)
 endif (UNIX)