diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 7afcd05de9..ff877598e3 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ endif
 # $2: staging directory of the package
 ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
 define fixup-libtool-files
-	$(Q)find $(2)/usr/lib* -name "*.la" | xargs --no-run-if-empty \
+	$(Q)find $(2) \( -path '$(2)/lib*' -o -path '$(2)/usr/lib*' \) \
+		-name "*.la" -print0 | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty \
 		$(SED) "s:$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/[^/]\+/:$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/$(1)/:g"
 endef
 endif
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_configured:
 	@$(call pkg_size_before,$(TARGET_DIR))
 	@$(call pkg_size_before,$(STAGING_DIR),-staging)
 	@$(call pkg_size_before,$(HOST_DIR),-host)
+	$(call fixup-libtool-files,$(NAME),$(HOST_DIR))
 	$(call fixup-libtool-files,$(NAME),$(STAGING_DIR))
 	$(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
 	$($(PKG)_CONFIGURE_CMDS)