diff --git a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.test.ts b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.test.ts
index 0b9d426c43..92009a44d2 100644
--- a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.test.ts
@@ -1465,6 +1465,40 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureService Go trimpath rewrites", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("ReleaseExposureService Go forwarded linker search paths", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["-Wl,-rpath,private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Wl,-rpath=private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Wl,--rpath=private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Wl,-rpath-link,private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Wl,-rpath-link=private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+    ["-Wl,--rpath-link,private-runtime", "private-runtime"],
+  ])(
+    "keeps the relative search path a compiler forwards in %s",
+    async (value, path) => {
+      const report = await goReport(goModule([{ key: "CGO_LDFLAGS", value }]));
+      const check = report.checks.find((item) => item.id === "go.build_paths");
+      expect(check?.status).toBe("exposed");
+      expect(check?.observation.samples).toEqual([path]);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("does not read loader-expanded runtime search paths as build paths", async () => {
+    const report = await goReport(
+      goModule([
+        {
+          key: "CGO_LDFLAGS",
+          value:
+            "-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../lib -Wl,-rpath=${ORIGIN}/lib -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/Frameworks -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker @executable_path",
+        },
+      ]),
+    );
+    const check = report.checks.find((item) => item.id === "go.build_paths");
+    expect(check?.status).toBe("not_observed");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("ReleaseExposureService Go relative flag paths", () => {
   it("keeps relative paths given to compiler path flags, attached or not", async () => {
     const report = await goReport(
diff --git a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
index da8478f058..b95f9542a9 100644
--- a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
+++ b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
@@ -842,10 +842,17 @@ const GO_COMPILER_PATH_FLAG =
  * Linker options a C compiler forwards through `-Wl,a,b` or `-Xlinker a`. The
  * linker reads its own letters: `-L`, `-T` and `-I` (the ELF interpreter) take
  * a path, `-Bstatic` does not, and `-Ttext=0x400000` and its siblings set a
- * section or segment address.
+ * section or segment address. `-rpath` and `-rpath-link` take a runtime or
+ * link-time library search directory.
  */
 const LINKER_PATH_FLAG =
-  /^(?:-(?!T(?:bss|data|text|(?:ldata|rodata|text)-segment)(?:=|$))[ILT]|-{1,2}(?:dynamic-linker|library-path|script)(?==|$))=?(.*)$/su;
+  /^(?:-(?!T(?:bss|data|text|(?:ldata|rodata|text)-segment)(?:=|$))[ILT]|-{1,2}(?:dynamic-linker|library-path|rpath|rpath-link|script)(?==|$))=?(.*)$/su;
+/**
+ * A runtime search path the loader expands, such as `$ORIGIN/../lib` or
+ * `@loader_path/Frameworks`, which names no directory on the build host.
+ */
+const LINKER_RUNTIME_TOKEN =
+  /^(?:\$(?:ORIGIN|LIB|PLATFORM)\b|\$\{(?:ORIGIN|LIB|PLATFORM)\}|@(?:executable_path|loader_path|rpath)(?:\/|$))/u;
 /**
  * The options `go tool link -h` documents as taking a directory, path or file,
  * as `-L dir` or `-L=dir`, never attached. `-extld`, `-extar` and `-libgcc`
@@ -1015,7 +1022,9 @@ const compilerPaths = (value: string): string[] => {
   return [
     ...flagPaths(flags),
     ...goRelativeFlagPaths(compiler, GO_COMPILER_PATH_FLAG),
-    ...goRelativeFlagPaths(linker, LINKER_PATH_FLAG),
+    ...goRelativeFlagPaths(linker, LINKER_PATH_FLAG).filter(
+      (path) => !LINKER_RUNTIME_TOKEN.test(path),
+    ),
   ];
 };