diff --git a/mail/sendmail/files/site.config.m4.ssl b/mail/sendmail/files/site.config.m4.ssl
index 801030866543..e49f187aca51 100644
--- a/mail/sendmail/files/site.config.m4.ssl
+++ b/mail/sendmail/files/site.config.m4.ssl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-APPENDDEF(`confLIBDIRS', `-L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib' -rpath=%%LOCALBASE%%/lib )
+APPENDDEF(`confLIBDIRS', `-L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib')
+APPENDDEF(`confLDOPTS', `-Wl,-rpath=%%LOCALBASE%%/lib')
 APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I%%LOCALBASE%%/include')
 APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_ENVDEF', `-DHASSRANDOMDEV')