diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index de24778614214ebd62796fcd3cc2de7b68fd7f70..d455f0d960e9d8f0c085bea8a7125f379f074880 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ PKG_INFO_DIR := $(STAGING_DIR)/pkginfo
 
 BUILD_DIR_HOST:=$(if $(IS_PACKAGE_BUILD),$(BUILD_DIR)/host,$(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/host)
 STAGING_DIR_HOST:=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host
+STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG:=$(STAGING_DIR)/host
 
 TARGET_PATH:=$(subst $(space),:,$(filter-out .,$(filter-out ./,$(subst :,$(space),$(PATH)))))
 TARGET_INIT_PATH:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_INIT_PATH))