diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index 24c1f0360c..34217c0ddd 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libstdc++.so.*
 endif
 
-TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS))
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS))
 
 # Details about sysroot directory selection.
 #