diff --git a/include/kernel.mk b/include/kernel.mk
index 439e910ebf0..02d0949a721 100644
--- a/include/kernel.mk
+++ b/include/kernel.mk
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="$(KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP)" \
 	KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION="0" \
 	HOST_LOADLIBES="-L$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib" \
+	KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS="-L$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib" \
 	CONFIG_SHELL="$(BASH)" \
 	$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='') \
 	$(if $(PKG_BUILD_ID),LDFLAGS_MODULE=--build-id=0x$(PKG_BUILD_ID)) \