diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index bbeb7ebcef..11b2dd9e29 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ OPENWRTVERSION:=$(RELEASE)$(if $(REVISION), ($(REVISION)))
 export RELEASE
 export REVISION
 export OPENWRTVERSION
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(subst ::,:,$(if $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib)
-export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(subst ::,:,$(if $(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib)
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(subst ::,:,$(if $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host/lib)
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(subst ::,:,$(if $(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host/lib)
 export GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS='core.autocrlf=false'
 export MAKE_JOBSERVER=$(filter --jobserver%,$(MAKEFLAGS))