diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index cbc2e56634..644c531b56 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -511,6 +511,16 @@ define UCLIBC_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(UCLIBC_INSTALL_TEST_SUITE)
 endef
 
+# For FLAT binfmts (static) there are no host utils
+ifeq ($(BR2_BINFMT_FLAT),)
+define UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldd.host $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/ldd
+	ln -sf ldd $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-ldd
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldconfig.host $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/ldconfig
+	ln -sf ldconfig $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-ldconfig
+endef
+endif
+
 define UCLIBC_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
 		$(UCLIBC_MAKE_FLAGS) \
@@ -518,10 +528,7 @@ define UCLIBC_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 		DEVEL_PREFIX=/usr/ \
 		RUNTIME_PREFIX=/ \
 		install_runtime install_dev
-	install -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldd.host $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/ldd
-	ln -sf ldd $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-ldd
-	install -D -m 0755 $(@D)/utils/ldconfig.host $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/ldconfig
-	ln -sf ldconfig $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-ldconfig
+	$(UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING)
 endef
 
 uclibc-menuconfig: dirs uclibc-patch