diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
index 0f1173056f04..b935e4893e69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/patch-nupkgs.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in writeShellScriptBin "patch-nupkgs" ''
           --set-interpreter "${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}" \
           "$tmp" ||:
         patchelf \
-          --set-rpath "${binaryRPath}" \
+          --add-rpath "${binaryRPath}" \
           "$tmp" ||:
         mv "$tmp" "$p"
       fi