diff --git a/meta/site/common b/meta/site/common
index e2dd4b57f7..631be4fa06 100644
--- a/meta/site/common
+++ b/meta/site/common
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ ac_cv_file__dev_random=${ac_cv_file__dev_random=yes}
 # Avoid sudo to assume void for unsetenv in cross environment, or else it conflicts with
 # target stdlib.h prototype which follows POSIX compiliance. Mark for upstream.
 sudo_cv_func_unsetenv_void=no
+
+# Whether gettext macros should add rpath options
+acl_cv_rpath=${acl_cv_rpath=no}