diff --git a/package/nodejs/v8-qemu-wrapper.in b/package/nodejs/v8-qemu-wrapper.in
index e1083f47f7..48222d089b 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/v8-qemu-wrapper.in
+++ b/package/nodejs/v8-qemu-wrapper.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 exec @QEMU_USER@ -r @TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_VERSION@ \
     @QEMU_USERMODE_ARGS@ \
    -L "${STAGING_DIR}/" \
+   -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${STAGING_DIR}/lib:${STAGING_DIR}/usr/lib/" \
     "$@"