diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index 378e7b2f1f..1b1053d65e 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -447,8 +447,13 @@ endef
 # of the dynamic library loader. We just need to create a symbolic
 # link to libc.so with the appropriate name.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
+MUSL_ARCH = i386
+else
+MUSL_ARCH = $(ARCH)
+endif
 define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL_LD_LINK
-	ln -sf libc.so $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/ld-musl-$(ARCH).so.1
+	ln -sf libc.so $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/ld-musl-$(MUSL_ARCH).so.1
 endef
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL_LD_LINK
 endif