diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index 6d46fe1edd..eaaf6d37d1 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export RELEASE
 export REVISION
 export OPENWRTVERSION
 export IS_TTY=$(shell tty -s && echo 1 || echo 0)
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(if $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(if $(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib
 
 # make sure that a predefined CFLAGS variable does not disturb packages
 export CFLAGS=