diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be7a47cd07..658e7cb955 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add rpath fix for libwasmvm lib lookup.
+
 ## [v1.0.0](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/releases/tag/v1.0.0) - 2021-03-31
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39aadc1eaf..24c9a0c2e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ PACKAGES               := $(shell go list ./... 2>/dev/null || true)
 PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION  := $(filter-out %/simulation%,$(PACKAGES))
 PACKAGES_SIMULATION    := $(filter     %/simulation%,$(PACKAGES))
 
-LEVELDB_PATH := $(shell brew --prefix leveldb 2>/dev/null || echo "$(HOME)/Cellar/leveldb/1.22/include")
-CGO_CFLAGS := -I$(LEVELDB_PATH)/include
-CGO_LDFLAGS := -L$(LEVELDB_PATH)/lib
+LEVELDB_PATH = $(shell brew --prefix leveldb 2>/dev/null || echo "$(HOME)/Cellar/leveldb/1.22/include")
+CGO_CFLAGS   = -I$(LEVELDB_PATH)/include
+CGO_LDFLAGS  = "-L$(LEVELDB_PATH)/lib -Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN"
 
 BINDIR ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build