diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
index 6490bedc56..48c7125591 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-docs \
 post_unpack() {
   mv $PKG_BUILD/$PKG_NAME/* $PKG_BUILD/
 
-  sed -i -e 's|.*common-agent/etc/config/Makefile.*||' $PKG_BUILD/configure.ac
+  sed -e 's|.*common-agent/etc/config/Makefile.*||' -i $PKG_BUILD/configure.ac
+  sed -e "s|libvmbackup_la_LIBADD =$|libvmbackup_la_LIBADD = -L$PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME/libvmtools/.libs|g" -i $PKG_BUILD/services/plugins/vmbackup/Makefile.am
+
   mkdir -p $PKG_BUILD/common-agent/etc/config
 }