diff --git a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
index 8aec759872..dcd974ab2d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ set( CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH ${OECMAKE_RPATH} )
 set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${STAGING_DATADIR}/cmake/Modules/ )
 
 # add for non /usr/lib libdir, e.g. /usr/lib64
-set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${libdir} )
+set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${libdir} ${base_libdir})
 
 EOF
 }