diff --git a/meta/conf/multilib.conf b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
index 36793d247e..df83d47546 100644
--- a/meta/conf/multilib.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ MULTILIB_SAVE_VARNAME = "DEFAULTTUNE"
 
 MULTILIBS ??= "multilib:lib32"
 
+STAGING_DIR_HOST = "${STAGING_DIR}/${MLPREFIX}${MACHINE}"
+STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${STAGING_DIR}/${MLPREFIX}${MACHINE}"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND_append_pn-acl = " ${MULTILIBS}"
 BBCLASSEXTEND_append_pn-alsa-lib = " ${MULTILIBS}"
 BBCLASSEXTEND_append_pn-alsa-utils = " ${MULTILIBS}"