diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc4dbc64e1..f87f4458ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ prepare-sdk: world
 	PARALLEL_JOBS=$(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
 		PER_PACKAGE_DIR=$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR) \
 		$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/fix-rpath staging
+	$(call ppd-fixup-paths,$(BASE_DIR))
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(TOPDIR)/support/misc/relocate-sdk.sh $(HOST_DIR)/relocate-sdk.sh
 	mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/share/buildroot
 	echo $(HOST_DIR) > $(HOST_DIR)/share/buildroot/sdk-location
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 6e944dd6b7..e140145ee3 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -92,18 +92,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
 
-# Ensure files like .la, .pc, .pri, .cmake, and so on, point to the
-# proper staging and host directories for the current package: find
-# all text files that contain the PPD root, and replace it with the
-# current package's PPD.
 define PPD_FIXUP_PATHS
-	$(Q)grep --binary-files=without-match -lrZ '$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/[^/]\+/' $(HOST_DIR) \
-	|while read -d '' f; do \
-		file -b --mime-type "$${f}" | grep -q '^text/' || continue; \
-		printf '%s\0' "$${f}"; \
-	done \
-	|xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty \
-		$(SED) 's:$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/[^/]\+/:$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/$($(PKG)_NAME)/:g'
+	$(call ppd-fixup-paths,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/$($(PKG)_NAME))
 endef
 
 # Remove python's pre-compiled "sysconfigdata", as it may contain paths to
diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index bdbdf20c23..ba3da68a7b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -233,6 +233,21 @@ define prepare-per-package-directory
 	$(call per-package-rsync,$(1),host,$(HOST_DIR))
 	$(call per-package-rsync,$(1),target,$(TARGET_DIR))
 endef
+
+# Ensure files like .la, .pc, .pri, .cmake, and so on, point to the
+# proper staging and host directories for the current package: find
+# all text files that contain the PPD root, and replace it with the
+# current package's PPD.
+# $1: destination root directory containing host and staging
+define ppd-fixup-paths
+	$(Q)grep --binary-files=without-match -lrZ '$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/[^/]\+/' $(HOST_DIR) \
+	|while read -d '' f; do \
+		file -b --mime-type "$${f}" | grep -q '^text/' || continue; \
+		printf '%s\0' "$${f}"; \
+	done \
+	|xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty \
+		$(SED) 's:$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/[^/]\+/:$(1)/:g'
+endef
 endif
 
 #