diff --git a/package/libxslt/libxslt.mk b/package/libxslt/libxslt.mk
index 2e5cc14b54..0cc4bb960b 100644
--- a/package/libxslt/libxslt.mk
+++ b/package/libxslt/libxslt.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ LIBXSLT_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-gnu-ld \
 	--without-debug \
 	--without-python \
-	--with-libxml-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/
+	--with-libxml-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/ \
+	--with-libxml-libs-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
 LIBXSLT_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = xslt-config
 LIBXSLT_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2