diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-musl/template b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-musl/template
index 5fc74dae613..8d4587cfe48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-musl/template
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ do_build() {
 			ln -sfr ${_sysroot}/usr/${f} ${_sysroot}/${f}
 		fi
 	done
+	ln -sf lib ${_sysroot}/usr/lib64
+	ln -sf usr/lib ${_sysroot}/lib64
 
 	_binutils_build
 	_gcc_bootstrap
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	for f in include libexec bin sbin; do
+	for f in include lib libexec bin sbin; do
 		if [ ! -d ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/usr/${f} ]; then
 			mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/usr/${f}
 		fi
@@ -257,10 +259,8 @@ do_install() {
 				${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/${f}
 		fi
 	done
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/usr/lib
 	ln -sf lib ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/usr/lib64
 	ln -sf usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/lib64
-	ln -sf usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/lib
 
 	# install linux API headers
 	cd ${wrksrc}/linux-${_linux_version}