diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/0001-pyiec61850-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR-from-GNUInstallD.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/0001-pyiec61850-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR-from-GNUInstallD.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e778e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/libiec61850/files/0001-pyiec61850-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR-from-GNUInstallD.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 16d07a82242c3263ec0038c9b4c97355795d2dd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:16:51 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] pyiec61850: Use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR from GNUInstallDirs in
+ cmake
+
+This ensures that it gets installed in platform specified system libdir
+all platforms do not use /usr/lib as assumed here e.g. ppc64 uses lib64
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/mz-automation/libiec61850/pull/376]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ pyiec61850/CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/pyiec61850/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/pyiec61850/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ endif()
+ 
+ swig_link_libraries(iec61850 ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${LIBS})
+ 
+-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/iec61850.py DESTINATION /usr/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
+-install(TARGETS _iec61850 LIBRARY DESTINATION /usr/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
++include(GNUInstallDirs)
++
++install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/iec61850.py DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
++install(TARGETS _iec61850 LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}//python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
+ 
+ add_test(test_pyiec61850 ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test_pyiec61850.py)