diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-tools/Makefile b/package/boot/uboot-tools/Makefile
index 38cf4027d4..85657b351c 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-tools/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-tools/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ MAKE_FLAGS += \
 	ARCH="sandbox" \
 	TARGET_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 	TARGET_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
-	PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)" \
 	NO_PYTHON=1 \
 	V=$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),1,)