diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index aabc370..e73d2bf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS = ""
 
-OPKGLIBDIR = "${localstatedir}/lib"
+OPKGLIBDIR ??= "${localstatedir}/lib"
 
 MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP = "${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg|/usr/lib/opkg"