diff --git a/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/activate.sh b/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/activate.sh
index e9c8fa3a42c..378c7380604 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/activate.sh
+++ b/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/activate.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ if [ -z ${CONDA_FORGE_EMSCRIPTEN_ACTIVATED+x} ]; then
     export SIMD_FLAGS="-msimd128"
 
     # basics ld
-    export EM_FORGE_LDFLAGS_BASE="-L${PREFIX}/lib"
-    export EM_FORGE_LDFLAGS_BASE="${EM_FORGE_OPTFLAGS} ${EM_FORGE_DBGFLAGS} ${EM_FORGE_LDFLAGS_BASE}"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$PREFIX/lib -Wl,-rpath,/lib"
+    export EM_FORGE_LDFLAGS_BASE="${EM_FORGE_OPTFLAGS} ${EM_FORGE_DBGFLAGS}"
 
     # basics cflags
     export EM_FORGE_CFLAGS_BASE="-fPIC"
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/recipe.yaml
index c7a7bac9edb..e43469a19b8 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_native/emscripten-core/recipe.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ context:
   abi_version: 6.0.8
 
 build:
-  number: 2
+  number: 3
 
 outputs:
   - package: