diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
index b002d5b0005..a53508feddb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ _glibc_build() {
 	export CFLAGS="-O1 -pipe ${_archflags}"
 
 	_args="--prefix=/usr"
+	_args+=" --libdir=/usr/lib"
 	_args+=" --host=${_triplet}"
 	_args+=" --with-headers=${_sysroot}/usr/include"
 	_args+=" --config-cache"