--- misc/icu/source/data/pkgdataMakefile.in	2010-12-22 23:44:02.000000000 +0100
+++ misc/build/icu/source/data/pkgdataMakefile.in	2011-01-03 17:52:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ include $(top_builddir)/icudefs.mk
 OUTPUTFILE=icupkg.inc
 MIDDLE_SO_TARGET=
 
+# escape $ with \ when passing to echo; needed to preserve $ORIGIN
+SHLIB.c.shell := $(subst $$,\$$,$(SHLIB.c))
+
 all : clean 
 	@echo GENCCODE_ASSEMBLY_TYPE=$(GENCCODE_ASSEMBLY) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo SO=$(SO) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ all : clean
 	@echo LIB_EXT_ORDER=$(FINAL_SO_TARGET) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo COMPILE="$(COMPILE.c)" >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo LIBFLAGS="-I$(top_srcdir)/common -I$(top_builddir)/common $(SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS) $(SHAREDLIBCFLAGS)" >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
-	@echo GENLIB="$(SHLIB.c)" >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
+	@echo GENLIB="$(SHLIB.c.shell)" >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo LDICUDTFLAGS=$(LDFLAGSICUDT) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo LD_SONAME=$(LD_SONAME) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
 	@echo RPATH_FLAGS=$(RPATH_FLAGS) >> $(OUTPUTFILE)
--- misc/icu/source/config/mh-linux	2010-09-29 20:37:36.000000000 +0200
+++ misc/build/icu/source/config/mh-linux	2011-03-15 10:56:26.653056004 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 LD_RPATH= -Wl,-zorigin,-rpath,'$$'ORIGIN 
 LD_RPATH_PRE = -Wl,-rpath,
 
+## Force RPATH=$ORIGIN to locate own dependencies w/o need for LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+## (incl. the C++ runtime libs potentially found in the URE lib dir):
+ENABLE_RPATH=YES
+RPATHLDFLAGS=${LD_RPATH_PRE}'$$ORIGIN:$$ORIGIN/../ure-link/lib'
+
 ## These are the library specific LDFLAGS
 LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib