diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 730439c3b4..b58cbef488 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # Used by multilib code to change the library paths
 baselib = "${BASELIB}"
+baselib[vardepvalue] = "${baselib}"
 BASELIB = "lib"
 BASELIB_powerpc64 = "lib64"