diff --git a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
index 7b3edf4731..8302d56a9f 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
+++ b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ LINUX_HEADERS_ADD_TOOLCHAIN_DEPENDENCY = NO
 # This results in seemingly errors like:
 #   [...]/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26: arc-linux-uclibc-gcc: command not found
 # Those can be safely ignored.
+
+# This step is required to have a separate linux headers location for
+# uClibc building. This way uClibc doesn't modify linux headers on installation
+# of "its" headers
+define LINUX_HEADERS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	(cd $(@D); \
+		$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) \
+			ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) \
+			HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+			HOSTCFLAGS="$(HOSTCFLAGS)" \
+			HOSTCXX="$(HOSTCXX)" \
+			headers_install)
+endef
+
 define LINUX_HEADERS_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); \
 		$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) \
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index 717cf53a88..144f993bd5 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ define UCLIBC_SETUP_DOT_CONFIG
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX,"$(TARGET_CROSS)",$(@D))
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,TARGET_$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH),y,$(@D))
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,TARGET_ARCH,"$(UCLIBC_TARGET_ARCH)",$(@D))
-	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,KERNEL_HEADERS,"$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include",$(@D))
+	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,KERNEL_HEADERS,"$(LINUX_HEADERS_DIR)/usr/include",$(@D))
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,RUNTIME_PREFIX,"/",$(@D))
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,DEVEL_PREFIX,"/usr",$(@D))
 	$(call UCLIBC_OPT_SET,SHARED_LIB_LOADER_PREFIX,"/lib",$(@D))