diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 2831c746dc..839a2d9798 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ termux_step_configure_autotools () {
 	env $AVOID_GNULIB "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/configure" \
 		--disable-dependency-tracking \
 		--prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX \
+		--libdir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib \
 		--disable-rpath --disable-rpath-hack \
 		$HOST_FLAG \
 		$TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS \