diff --git a/package/libs/libaudit/Makefile b/package/libs/libaudit/Makefile
index f478ae5dd0f..d0cca1350a5 100644
--- a/package/libs/libaudit/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libaudit/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit
 PKG_HASH:=0e5d4103646e00f8d1981e1cd2faea7a2ae28e854c31a803e907a383c5e2ecb7
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
@@ -50,28 +51,42 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--without-python3 \
 	--disable-zos-remote
 
-HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-	--without-python \
-	--without-python3 \
-	--disable-zos-remote \
-	--without-libcap-ng
-
 ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-aarch64
 else ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-arm
 endif
 
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--without-libcap-ng \
+	--disable-systemd \
+	--without-python \
+	--without-python3 \
+	--disable-zos-remote
+
+MAKE_PATH:=lib
+
+# Host/Compile/default doesn't include $(MAKE_PATH), override to use,
+# so we avoid building and installing unnecessary parts on the host.
+define Host/Compile
+	+$(HOST_MAKE_VARS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/$(MAKE_PATH) $(HOST_MAKE_FLAGS) all
+endef
+
+define Host/Install
+	+$(HOST_MAKE_VARS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/lib $(HOST_MAKE_FLAGS) install
+	+$(HOST_MAKE_VARS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/init.d $(HOST_MAKE_FLAGS) install
+endef
+
 # We can't use the default, as the default passes $(MAKE_ARGS), which
 # overrides CC, CFLAGS, etc. and defeats the *_FOR_BUILD definitions
 # passed in CONFIGURE_VARS
 define Build/Compile
-	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(MAKE_PATH)/lib
+	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(MAKE_PATH)
 endef
 
 define Build/Install
-	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(MAKE_PATH)/lib $(MAKE_INSTALL_FLAGS) install
-	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(MAKE_PATH)/init.d $(MAKE_INSTALL_FLAGS) install
+	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib $(MAKE_INSTALL_FLAGS) install
+	$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/init.d $(MAKE_INSTALL_FLAGS) install
 endef
 
 define Build/InstallDev
@@ -90,4 +105,5 @@ define Package/libaudit/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/libaudit.conf $(1)/etc/
 endef
 
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libaudit))