diff --git a/package/libs/libbsd/Makefile b/package/libs/libbsd/Makefile
index 789126cb829..92c7054e3bd 100644
--- a/package/libs/libbsd/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libbsd/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS := libmd
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/libs/libbsd/patches/001-fix-libpath.patch b/package/libs/libbsd/patches/001-fix-libpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca240702496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/libbsd/patches/001-fix-libpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+do not use host path to fix cross compiling
+
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
+ 	(echo '/* GNU ld script'; \
+ 	 echo ' * The MD5 functions are provided by the libmd library. */'; \
+ 	 cat format.ld; \
+-	 echo "GROUP($(runtimelibdir)/$$soname AS_NEEDED($(MD5_LIBS)))"; \
++	 echo "GROUP($$soname AS_NEEDED($(MD5_LIBS)))"; \
+ 	)>$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libbsd.so
+ else
+ 	if [ "$(libdir)" != "$(runtimelibdir)" ]; then \