diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-linux-musl/template b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-linux-musl/template
index d97a148b0e3..637fbd2e439 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-linux-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-linux-musl/template
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ do_build() {
 			ln -sfr ${_sysroot}/usr/${f} ${_sysroot}/${f}
 		fi
 	done
+	ln -sf lib ${_sysroot}/usr/lib64
+	ln -sf usr/lib ${_sysroot}/lib64
 
 	_binutils_build
 	_gcc_bootstrap
@@ -260,6 +262,8 @@ do_install() {
 				${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/${f}
 		fi
 	done
+	ln -sf lib ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/usr/lib64
+	ln -sf usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/${_sysroot}/lib64
 
 	# install linux API headers for x86
 	cd ${wrksrc}/linux-${_linux_version}