diff --git a/bin/tools/buildParaViewFunctions b/bin/tools/buildParaViewFunctions
index cf04183f80bdd5ddc849cc897bc14ba186ff3e91..7231ad140e79cab6a0cb4c1c55ee4b0c0bbb34d1 100644
--- a/bin/tools/buildParaViewFunctions
+++ b/bin/tools/buildParaViewFunctions
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ buildParaView ()
 {
     # set general options
     addCMakeVariable "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON"
+    addCMakeVariable "VTK_USE_RPATH:BOOL=OFF"
     addCMakeVariable "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release"
 
     # set paraview environment