diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index ddefd01bed..518afd6cc4 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -517,6 +517,27 @@ endef
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL_LD_LINK
 endif
 
+# Create a symlink from (usr/)$(ARCH_LIB_DIR) to lib.
+# Note: the skeleton package additionally creates lib32->lib or lib64->lib
+# (as appropriate)
+#
+# $1: destination directory (TARGET_DIR / STAGING_DIR)
+create_lib_symlinks = \
+       $(Q)DESTDIR="$(strip $1)" ; \
+       ARCH_LIB_DIR="$(call toolchain_find_libdir,$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CC) $(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CFLAGS))" ; \
+       if [ ! -e "$${DESTDIR}/$${ARCH_LIB_DIR}" -a ! -e "$${DESTDIR}/usr/$${ARCH_LIB_DIR}" ]; then \
+               ln -snf lib "$${DESTDIR}/$${ARCH_LIB_DIR}" ; \
+               ln -snf lib "$${DESTDIR}/usr/$${ARCH_LIB_DIR}" ; \
+       fi
+
+define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CREATE_STAGING_LIB_SYMLINK
+       $(call create_lib_symlinks,$(STAGING_DIR))
+endef
+
+define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CREATE_TARGET_LIB_SYMLINK
+       $(call create_lib_symlinks,$(TARGET_DIR))
+endef
+
 # Integration of the toolchain into Buildroot: find the main sysroot
 # and the variant-specific sysroot, then copy the needed libraries to
 # the $(TARGET_DIR) and copy the whole sysroot (libraries and headers)
@@ -732,6 +753,7 @@ endef
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BUILD_CMDS = $(TOOLCHAIN_BUILD_WRAPPER)
 
 define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CREATE_STAGING_LIB_SYMLINK)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_SYSROOT_LIBS)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_WRAPPER)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_GDBINIT)
@@ -741,6 +763,7 @@ endef
 # and the target directory, we do everything within the
 # install-staging step, arbitrarily.
 define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CREATE_TARGET_LIB_SYMLINK)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_TARGET_LIBS)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_BFIN_FDPIC)
 	$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_BFIN_FLAT)