diff --git a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
index 425397af3a..0f1052b08c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gtk_icon_cache_postinst() {
 if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
 	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} \
 		mlprefix=${MLPREFIX} \
-		libdir=${libdir}
+		libdir_native=${libdir_native}
 else
 
 	# Update the pixbuf loaders in case they haven't been registered yet
diff --git a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_icon_cache b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_icon_cache
index df9bdecc99..9cf2a72a0c 100644
--- a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_icon_cache
+++ b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_icon_cache
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # update native pixbuf loaders
-$STAGING_DIR_NATIVE/${libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+$STAGING_DIR_NATIVE/${libdir_native}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
 
 for icondir in $D/usr/share/icons/*/ ; do
     if [ -d $icondir ] ; then