diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionBuilder.java
index 232187eaf42100..0b241999cde846 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionBuilder.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionOwner;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ParameterFile;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleErrorConsumer;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.ActionConstructionContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.ParameterFileWriteAction;
@@ -798,7 +799,8 @@ public CppLinkAction build() throws InterruptedException, RuleErrorException {
             allowLtoIndexing,
             nonExpandedLinkerInputs,
             needWholeArchive,
-            ruleErrorConsumer);
+            ruleErrorConsumer,
+            ((RuleContext) actionConstructionContext).getWorkspaceName());
     CollectedLibrariesToLink collectedLibrariesToLink =
         librariesToLinkCollector.collectLibrariesToLink();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
index b5e4d5ac2c2e84..6b974efb79fa6d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class LibrariesToLinkCollector {
   private final Artifact thinltoParamFile;
   private final FeatureConfiguration featureConfiguration;
   private final boolean needWholeArchive;
-  private final String rpathRoot;
+  private final ImmutableList<String> rpathRoots;
   private final boolean needToolchainLibrariesRpath;
   private final Map<Artifact, Artifact> ltoMap;
   private final RuleErrorConsumer ruleErrorConsumer;
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public LibrariesToLinkCollector(
       boolean allowLtoIndexing,
       Iterable<LinkerInput> linkerInputs,
       boolean needWholeArchive,
-      RuleErrorConsumer ruleErrorConsumer) {
+      RuleErrorConsumer ruleErrorConsumer,
+      String workspaceName) {
     this.isNativeDeps = isNativeDeps;
     this.cppConfiguration = cppConfiguration;
     this.ccToolchainProvider = toolchain;
@@ -103,12 +104,25 @@ public LibrariesToLinkCollector(
       // and the second could use $ORIGIN/../_solib_[arch]. But since this is a shared
       // artifact, both are symlinks to the same place, so
       // there's no *one* RPATH setting that fits all targets involved in the sharing.
-      rpathRoot = ccToolchainProvider.getSolibDirectory() + "/";
+      rpathRoots = ImmutableList.of(ccToolchainProvider.getSolibDirectory() + "/");
     } else {
-      rpathRoot =
-          "../".repeat(outputArtifact.getRootRelativePath().segmentCount() - 1)
-              + ccToolchainProvider.getSolibDirectory()
-              + "/";
+      // When the binary gets run through remote execution as the main executable (i.e., not as a
+      // dependency of another target), it will not be able to find its libraries at
+      // $ORIGIN/../../../_solib_[arch], as execution is not taking place inside the runfiles
+      // directory. Solve this by adding ${executable}.runfiles/${workspace}/_solib_[arch] as an
+      // rpath root.
+      PathFragment rootRelativePath = outputArtifact.getRootRelativePath();
+      String solibDirectory = ccToolchainProvider.getSolibDirectory();
+      rpathRoots = ImmutableList.of(
+          rootRelativePath.getBaseName()
+              + ".runfiles/"
+              + workspaceName
+              + "/"
+              + solibDirectory
+              + "/",
+          "../".repeat(rootRelativePath.segmentCount() - 1)
+              + solibDirectory
+              + "/");
     }
 
     ltoMap = generateLtoMap();
@@ -183,10 +197,7 @@ public CollectedLibrariesToLink collectLibrariesToLink() {
       // directory. In other words, given blaze-bin/my/package/binary, rpathRoot would be
       // "../../_solib_[arch]".
       if (needToolchainLibrariesRpath) {
-        runtimeLibrarySearchDirectories.add(
-            "../".repeat(outputArtifact.getRootRelativePath().segmentCount() - 1)
-                + toolchainLibrariesSolibName
-                + "/");
+        runtimeLibrarySearchDirectories.addAll(rpathRoots);
       }
       if (isNativeDeps) {
         // We also retain the $ORIGIN/ path to solibs that are in _solib_<arch>, as opposed to
@@ -218,7 +229,7 @@ public CollectedLibrariesToLink collectLibrariesToLink() {
     NestedSetBuilder<String> allRuntimeLibrarySearchDirectories = NestedSetBuilder.linkOrder();
     // rpath ordering matters for performance; first add the one where most libraries are found.
     if (includeSolibDir) {
-      allRuntimeLibrarySearchDirectories.add(rpathRoot);
+      allRuntimeLibrarySearchDirectories.addAll(rpathRoots);
     }
     allRuntimeLibrarySearchDirectories.addAll(rpathRootsForExplicitSoDeps.build());
     if (includeToolchainLibrariesSolibDir) {
@@ -330,8 +341,10 @@ private void addDynamicInputLinkOptions(
         commonParent = commonParent.getParentDirectory();
       }
 
-      rpathRootsForExplicitSoDeps.add(
-          rpathRoot + dotdots + libDir.relativeTo(commonParent).getPathString());
+      for (String rpathRoot : rpathRoots) {
+        rpathRootsForExplicitSoDeps.add(
+            rpathRoot + dotdots + libDir.relativeTo(commonParent).getPathString());
+      }
     }
 
     librarySearchDirectories.add(inputArtifact.getExecPath().getParentDirectory().getPathString());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
index 12e7f8846d655e..8504880c6778f4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
@@ -2116,6 +2116,7 @@ public void testRpathAndLinkPathsWithoutTransitions() throws Exception {
     Artifact mainBin = getBinArtifact("main", main);
     CppLinkAction action = (CppLinkAction) getGeneratingAction(mainBin);
     List<String> linkArgv = action.getLinkCommandLine().arguments();
+    assertThat(linkArgv).contains("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/main.runfiles/__main__/_solib_k8/");
     assertThat(linkArgv).contains("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../_solib_k8/");
     assertThat(linkArgv)
         .contains("-L" + TestConstants.PRODUCT_NAME + "-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/_solib_k8");
@@ -2176,6 +2177,7 @@ public void testRpathRootIsAddedEvenWithTransitionedDepsOnly() throws Exception
     Artifact mainBin = getBinArtifact("main", main);
     CppLinkAction action = (CppLinkAction) getGeneratingAction(mainBin);
     List<String> linkArgv = action.getLinkCommandLine().arguments();
+    assertThat(linkArgv).contains("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/main.runfiles/__main__/_solib_k8/");
     assertThat(linkArgv).contains("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../_solib_k8/");
     assertThat(Joiner.on(" ").join(linkArgv))
         .contains("-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/../_solib_k8/../../../k8-fastbuild-ST-");