diff --git a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
index 2c0ff30eff..fd91961e85 100644
--- a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
+++ b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 # variables used by other packages
 AUTOCONF = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoconf
 AUTOHEADER = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoheader
-AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoreconf -f -i -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)"
+AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoreconf -f -i -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"
diff --git a/package/automake/automake.mk b/package/automake/automake.mk
index 5021b494b9..a3fd18cd13 100644
--- a/package/automake/automake.mk
+++ b/package/automake/automake.mk
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 
 # variables used by other packages
 AUTOMAKE = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/automake
-ACLOCAL_DIR = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal
+ACLOCAL_DIR = $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal
+ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal
 ACLOCAL = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/aclocal -I $(ACLOCAL_DIR)