diff --git a/recipes-ros/octomap/octomap.inc b/recipes-ros/octomap/octomap.inc
index 774e89d987136f7344427120a480572626b54ff6..fcfc74f55cef5317a70493b6494b2b5afe530e3e 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/octomap/octomap.inc
+++ b/recipes-ros/octomap/octomap.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c68b75913ea5ebeb5459eaf2114801477aeaa2a584b018b8816f8a5101
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${ROS_SP}/${ROS_BPN}"
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
+  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON \
+"
+
 inherit cmake ros
 
 ROS_SPN = "octomap"