diff --git a/test/common/autobuild_common.sh b/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
index 2e0cc5cd5..8a448c48a 100755
--- a/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ _build_native_dpdk() {
 
 	# Save this path. In tests are run using autorun.sh then autotest.sh
 	# script will be unaware of LD_LIBRARY_PATH and will fail tests.
-	echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" > /tmp/spdk-ld-path
+	cat <<- LD_PATH > /tmp/spdk-ld-path
+		export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+		export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+	LD_PATH
 
 	cd "$orgdir"
 }
diff --git a/test/packaging/rpm/rpm.sh b/test/packaging/rpm/rpm.sh
index f11ff94d8..cfd056738 100755
--- a/test/packaging/rpm/rpm.sh
+++ b/test/packaging/rpm/rpm.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ build_rpm_from_gen_spec() {
 }
 
 build_shared_native_dpdk_rpm() {
+	[[ -e /tmp/spdk-ld-path ]] # autobuild dependency
+	source /tmp/spdk-ld-path
 	build_rpm --with-shared --with-dpdk="$SPDK_RUN_EXTERNAL_DPDK"
 }