diff --git a/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk b/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
index 192197498d..a02982a6b5 100644
--- a/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
+++ b/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TRACEROUTE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 TRACEROUTE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
 define TRACEROUTE_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) VPATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE" -C $(@D)
 endef