diff --git a/package/xmlstarlet/xmlstarlet.mk b/package/xmlstarlet/xmlstarlet.mk
index 9920dcfc70..1d748dc594 100644
--- a/package/xmlstarlet/xmlstarlet.mk
+++ b/package/xmlstarlet/xmlstarlet.mk
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@ endif
 
 HOST_XMLSTARLET_DEPENDENCIES += host-libxml2 host-libxslt
 
+HOST_XMLSTARLET_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--with-libxml-prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+	--with-libxslt-prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))