diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index 73cf22afde..2603d2f838 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
 
 make -C include
 make -C libmysql
+
 make -C scripts
+  sed -i "s|pkgincludedir=.*|pkgincludedir=\'$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/mysql\'|" scripts/mysql_config
+  sed -i "s|pkglibdir=.*|pkglibdir=\'$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/mysql\'|" scripts/mysql_config
+  cp scripts/mysql_config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
 
 $MAKEINSTALL -C include
 $MAKEINSTALL -C libmysql
@@ -68,5 +72,3 @@ $MAKEINSTALL -C libmysql
 for i in `ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient*.so*`; do 
   ln -v -sf $i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
 done
-
-cp -PR scripts/mysql_config $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin