diff --git a/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
index 3fd43c3df6..82c93707ea 100644
--- a/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ PACKAGES += "${PN}-bin"
 
 FILES_${PN} = "${libexecdir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS} \
 	    ${sysconfdir} ${sharedstatedir} ${localstatedir} \
-	    /lib/*${SOLIBS} ${datadir}/${PN} ${libdir}/${PN}"
+	    ${base_libdir}/*${SOLIBS} \
+	    ${datadir}/${PN} ${libdir}/${PN}"
 FILES_${PN}-dev = "${includedir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la \
 		${libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/pkgconfig /lib/*.a /lib/*.o \
 		${datadir}/aclocal ${bindir}/*-config"