diff --git a/libgda.spec b/libgda.spec
index 43c13f1..3de0636 100644
--- a/libgda.spec
+++ b/libgda.spec
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ CONFIG="$CONFIG --without-ldap"
 # Don't use rpath!
 sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
 sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+# work around gda-report-test-3.0 linking failing because of the disabling of
+# rpath above
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/libsql/.libs
 make %{?_smp_mflags}