diff --git a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
index 4387d05f78..7181c60d5f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross-canadian.bbclass
@@ -95,3 +95,8 @@ USE_NLS = "${SDKUSE_NLS}"
 # We have to us TARGET_ARCH but we care about the absolute value
 # and not any particular tune that is enabled.
 TARGET_ARCH[vardepsexclude] = "TUNE_ARCH"
+
+# If MLPREFIX is set by multilib code, shlibs
+# points to the wrong place so force it
+SHLIBSDIRS = "${PKGDATA_DIR}/nativesdk-shlibs"
+SHLIBSWORKDIR = "${PKGDATA_DIR}/nativesdk-shlibs"