diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
index 7b15709c860..569fe1c6d99 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -dynamiclib -dynamic $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_SOOPTIONS)
 
 ## Compiler switches to embed a library name and version information
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_RPATH),YES)
-LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(libdir)/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
+LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name @rpath/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 else
-LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)) $(PKGDATA_TRAILING_SPACE)
+LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(libdir)/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 endif
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin-ppc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin-ppc
index c99a3f68294..252bd724abc 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin-ppc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin-ppc
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -dynamiclib -dynamic $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_SOOPTIONS)
 
 ## Compiler switches to embed a library name and version information
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_RPATH),YES)
-LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(libdir)/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
+LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name @rpath/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 else
-LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)) $(PKGDATA_TRAILING_SPACE)
+LD_SONAME = -Wl,-compatibility_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-current_version -Wl,$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) -install_name $(libdir)/$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 endif
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path