diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df64be2..190f899 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated process metadata to version 2 (traces generated with an older libovni
   are not compatible with the emulator).
 - Emulation models now have a semantic version (X.Y.Z) instead of just a number.
+- Install ovniver with the runpath set.
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2023-11-16
 
diff --git a/src/emu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/emu/CMakeLists.txt
index c252c6c..b894965 100644
--- a/src/emu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/emu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ target_link_libraries(ovnitop emu parson-static ovni-static)
 
 add_executable(ovniver ovniver.c)
 target_link_libraries(ovniver ovni)
+set_property(TARGET ovniver
+  PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}")
 
 set(USE_MPI ON CACHE BOOL "Use MPI (required by ovnisync)")
 if(USE_MPI)
diff --git a/src/emu/ovniver.c b/src/emu/ovniver.c
index 6cc06e5..3c26a25 100644
--- a/src/emu/ovniver.c
+++ b/src/emu/ovniver.c
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "ovni.h"
 
 int
 main(void)
 {
+	const char *libpath = getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
+	if (libpath != NULL)
+		printf("LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to %s\n", libpath);
+	else
+		printf("LD_LIBRARY_PATH not set\n");
+
 	const char *version, *commit;
 	ovni_version_get(&version, &commit);
 
diff --git a/test/emu/ovni/CMakeLists.txt b/test/emu/ovni/CMakeLists.txt
index 879df11..7f28418 100644
--- a/test/emu/ovni/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/emu/ovni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ test_emu(require-repeated.c)
 test_emu(thread-crash.c SHOULD_FAIL REGEX "incomplete stream")
 test_emu(flush-tmpdir.c MP DRIVER "flush-tmpdir.driver.sh")
 test_emu(tmpdir-metadata.c MP DRIVER "tmpdir-metadata.driver.sh")
+test_emu(dummy.c NAME "ovniver" DRIVER "ovniver.driver.sh")
diff --git a/test/emu/ovni/dummy.c b/test/emu/ovni/dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..861cd12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emu/ovni/dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2023 Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later */
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/emu/ovni/ovniver.driver.sh b/test/emu/ovni/ovniver.driver.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8efcc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/emu/ovni/ovniver.driver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Test ovniver as-is
+(
+  ovniver
+)
+
+# Test LD_LIBRARY_PATH check in ovniver
+(
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/hopefully/nothing/is/here
+  ovniver | grep "LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to"
+  unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+  ovniver | grep "LD_LIBRARY_PATH not set"
+)