diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index 77fa1dc74c..5d0a455bc3 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	PATH=$$(BR_PATH) \
 	$$($$(PKG)_CONF_ENV) $$(BR2_CMAKE) $$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR) \
 		-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$$(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/buildroot/toolchainfile.cmake" \
-		-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH="$$(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/buildroot" \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" \
 		-DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_DOC=OFF \
diff --git a/support/misc/toolchainfile.cmake.in b/support/misc/toolchainfile.cmake.in
index 5a42644e8f..c38800e598 100644
--- a/support/misc/toolchainfile.cmake.in
+++ b/support/misc/toolchainfile.cmake.in
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 # RELOCATED_HOST_DIR variable.
 string(REPLACE "/usr/share/buildroot" "" RELOCATED_HOST_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
+# Point cmake to the location where we have our custom modules,
+# so that it can find our custom platform description.
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Buildroot)
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR @@CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR@@)