diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 2c4bcec474..eff4700fca 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ KERNEL_MAKEOPTS := -C $(LINUX_DIR) \
 	KBUILD_BUILD_HOST="$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BUILD_DOMAIN))" \
 	KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="$(KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP)" \
 	KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION="0" \
+	HOST_LOADLIBES="-L$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib" \
 	CONFIG_SHELL="$(BASH)" \
 	$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='') \
 	$(if $(PKG_BUILD_ID),LDFLAGS_MODULE=--build-id=0x$(PKG_BUILD_ID))