diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ffe7aa58..aeb8ce7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME:        ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION:     ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR:   ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:         ${CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH: ${CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH:      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:   ${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS:            ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/PreLoad.cmake b/PreLoad.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1b739cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PreLoad.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Disable RPATH for install tree by default.
+#
+# PreLoad is used to change the default, since CMakeLists.txt will already have
+# the default, and it will NO.
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH)
+    set(CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH ON CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+endif()
diff --git a/test-export/test-export.py b/test-export/test-export.py
index a6def1ca..3320e3b2 100644
--- a/test-export/test-export.py
+++ b/test-export/test-export.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if platform.system() == "Windows":
     dllpath = os.path.join(prefix, "lib")
 else:
     prefix = "/usr/local"
-exec_cmd('cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%s" ..' % prefix, True)
+exec_cmd('cmake -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%s" ..' % prefix, True)
 exec_cmd('cmake --build . --target install', True)
 config_backup()
 os.environ["CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"] = os.path.join(prefix, "lib/cmake/libevent")
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ del os.environ["CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"]
 print("[test-export] test for install tree(in non-system-wide path)")
 exec_cmd("cmake --build . --target uninstall", True)
 tempdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-cmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%s" ..' % tempdir.name
+cmd = 'cmake -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%s" ..' % tempdir.name
 exec_cmd(cmd, True)
 exec_cmd("cmake --build . --target install", True)
 config_backup()