diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
index 3c380a41a86..9417eaafb1b 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ buildOrReplLib mReplFlags verbosity numJobs pkg_descr lbi lib clbi = do
               , ghcOptLinkFrameworks = toNubListR $ PD.frameworks libBi
               , ghcOptLinkFrameworkDirs =
                   toNubListR $ PD.extraFrameworkDirs libBi
-              , ghcOptRPaths = rpaths
+              , ghcOptRPaths = rpaths <> toNubListR (extraLibDirs libBi)
               }
           ghcStaticLinkArgs =
             mempty
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ gbuild verbosity numJobs pkg_descr lbi bm clbi = do
           }
       dynLinkerOpts =
         mempty
-          { ghcOptRPaths = rpaths
+          { ghcOptRPaths = rpaths <> toNubListR (extraLibDirs bnfo)
           , ghcOptInputFiles =
               toNubListR
                 [tmpDir </> x | x <- cLikeObjs ++ cxxObjs ++ cmmObjs ++ asmObjs]
diff --git a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/GHC.hs b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/GHC.hs
index 537e008c17f..e9ec975b63f 100644
--- a/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/GHC.hs
+++ b/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Program/GHC.hs
@@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ renderGhcOptions comp _platform@(Platform _arch os) opts
         , ["-no-hs-main" | flagBool ghcOptLinkNoHsMain]
         , ["-dynload deploy" | not (null (flags ghcOptRPaths))]
         , concat
+            -- Ideally, this should call a hypothetical `-rpath` flag on GHC,
+            -- so that GHC can correctly handle the tricky -rpath logic (e.g. )
             [ ["-optl-Wl,-rpath," ++ dir]
             | dir <- flags ghcOptRPaths
             ]