diff --git a/scripts/brp-verify_elf.in b/scripts/brp-verify_elf.in
index e4cf4da..1fcd789 100755
--- a/scripts/brp-verify_elf.in
+++ b/scripts/brp-verify_elf.in
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ for t in `printf %s "$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_METHOD" |tr , ' '`; do
 done
 
 [ "$VERIFY_ELF_RPATH" != no ] || VERIFY_ELF_RPATH=
+[ -z "$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_RPATH" ] || VERIFY_ELF_RPATH="$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_RPATH"
 [ "$VERIFY_ELF_TEXTREL" != no ] || VERIFY_ELF_TEXTREL=
+[ -z "$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_TEXTREL" ] || VERIFY_ELF_TEXTREL="$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_TEXTREL"
 
 : ${RPM_VERIFY_ELF_TOPDIR:=}
 [ -d "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$RPM_VERIFY_ELF_TOPDIR" ] || exit 0