diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
index abe96e9b9ae6..a8055df92fde 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlagsArray+=("--syslibdir=$out/lib")
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-shared"
     "--enable-static"