--- a/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
+++ b/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 #
 #
 
-AWK=@AWK@
-DIR=@datadir@/et
+if test "x$STAGING_DIR" = x ; then
+	AWK=@AWK@
+	DIR=@datadir@/et
+else
+	AWK=awk
+	DIR="$STAGING_DIR/../hostpkg/share/et"
+fi
+
 
 if test "$1" = "--build-tree" ; then
     shift;
--- a/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in
+++ b/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 #
 #
 
-DIR=@datadir@/ss
-AWK=@AWK@
 SED=sed
 
+if test "x$STAGING_DIR" = x ; then
+	DIR=@datadir@/ss
+	AWK=@AWK@
+else
+	DIR="$STAGING_DIR/../hostpkg/share/ss"
+	AWK=awk
+fi
+
 for as_var in \
   LANG LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_IDENTIFICATION \
   LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER \