1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 433d0bbe88..e46a52a022 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ OPKGBUILDCMD ??= "opkg-build"
 
 OPKG_ARGS = "-f $INSTALL_CONF_IPK -o $INSTALL_ROOTFS_IPK --force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
 
+OPKGLIBDIR = "${localstatedir}/lib"
+
 python package_ipk_fn () {
     d.setVar('PKGFN', d.getVar('PKG'))
 }
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ package_install_internal_ipk() {
         local package_to_install="${INSTALL_PACKAGES_NORMAL_IPK}"
         local package_multilib="${INSTALL_PACKAGES_MULTILIB_IPK}"
 
-        mkdir -p ${target_rootfs}${localstatedir}/lib/opkg/
+        mkdir -p ${target_rootfs}${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg
 
         local ipkg_args="${OPKG_ARGS}"