diff --git a/package/apr-util/apr-util.mk b/package/apr-util/apr-util.mk
index b006964ccb..53b633b159 100644
--- a/package/apr-util/apr-util.mk
+++ b/package/apr-util/apr-util.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ APR_UTIL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-apr=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/apr-1-config
 APR_UTIL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = apu-1-config
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
+define APR_UTIL_FIX_RULES_MK_LIBTOOL
+	$(SED) 's,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/apr/,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/apr-util/,g' \
+		$(@D)/build/rules.mk
+	$(SED) 's,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/apr/,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/apr-util/,g' \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/build-1/libtool
+endef
+APR_UTIL_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += APR_UTIL_FIX_RULES_MK_LIBTOOL
+endif
+
 # When iconv is available, then use it to provide charset conversion
 # features.
 APR_UTIL_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)