diff --git a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
index 1483b89802..2fa7bdc6a4 100644
--- a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.bzip.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.bzip.org/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="compress"
@@ -32,7 +33,27 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="bzip2 is a freely available, patent free (see below), high-quality
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
+pre_build_host() {
+  mkdir -p $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME
+  cp -r $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/* $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME
+}
+
+make_host() {
+  cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME
+  make -f Makefile-libbz2_so CC=$HOST_CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  make install PREFIX=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
+}
+
+pre_build_target() {
+  mkdir -p $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME
+  cp -r $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/* $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME
+}
+
 pre_make_target() {
+  cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME
   sed -e "s,ln -s (lib.*),ln -snf \$$1; ln -snf libbz2.so.$PKG_VERSION libbz2.so,g" -i Makefile-libbz2_so
 }