diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index e0fd91dc92d4ec522a93fa130d7e6afed64ce0f8..fb4592ec9858fcddad6957a159168636b15b7732 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*-makefile-*-
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.155 2002/09/04 22:54:18 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.156 2002/11/10 00:37:28 momjian Exp $
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # All PostgreSQL makefiles include this file and use the variables it sets,
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ LIBS = @LIBS@
 LD = @LD@
 with_gnu_ld = @with_gnu_ld@
 ld_R_works = @ld_R_works@
+# Set trpath to a list of library paths included in LDFLAGS
+# These paths can be added to rpath in the port specific makefiles if needed.
+trpath = $(filter -L%,@LDFLAGS@)
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LDREL = -r
 LDOUT = -o
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.unixware b/src/makefiles/Makefile.unixware
index 9e4d715932adcaec2267cb522c417c01f7f781a3..76b52a5cd880da401841b4626274856418cf667e 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.unixware
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.unixware
@@ -7,9 +7,23 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(ld_R_works), yes)
 ifeq ($(with_gnu_ld), yes)
-	rpath = -Wl,-rpath,$(libdir)
+	# Convert the list of library search paths into -rpath options
+	# (i.e. "-LpathA -LpathB" -> ",-rpath,pathA,-rpath,pathB"), adding
+	# the contents of LD_LIBRARY_PATH if it exists.
+	tpath1=$(shell echo $(trpath) | sed -e 's/ *-L/,-rpath,/g')
+ifdef LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	tpath2 = ,-rpath,tpath+=$(shell echo $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) | sed -e 's/:/,-rpath,/g')
+endif
+	rpath = -Wl,-rpath,$(libdir)$(tpath)$(tpath2)
 else
-	rpath = -Wl,-R$(libdir)
+	# Convert the list of library search paths into a -R option path
+	# (i.e. "-LpathA -LpathB" -> ":pathA:pathB"), adding the contents of
+	# LD_LIBRARY_PATH if it exists.
+	tpath1 = $(shell echo $(trpath) | sed -e 's/ *-L/:/g')
+ifdef LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	tpath2 = :$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+endif
+	rpath = -Wl,-R$(libdir)$(tpath1)$(tpath2)
 endif
 endif
 shlib_symbolic = -Wl,-Bsymbolic