diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka/0001-cmake-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka/0001-cmake-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d78ee7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka/0001-cmake-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 51ec4c1f533dee9a499490c1c5bbd23d2191a4a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:14:25 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
+
+Do not hardcode library path, this helps it install in right location
+independent of platforms, e.g. ppc64 uses lib64 and not lib
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka/pull/291]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index c4e44e6..25ec1ce 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ option(CPPKAFKA_EXPORT_CMAKE_CONFIG "Generate CMake config, target and version f
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")
+ 
+ if (NOT CPPKAFKA_CONFIG_DIR)
+-    set(CPPKAFKA_CONFIG_DIR lib/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
++    set(CPPKAFKA_CONFIG_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Maintain previous compatibility
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
index 8f777eb..0cb33fc 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcppkafka/libcppkafka_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 file://LICENSE;md5=d8b4ca15d239dc1485ef495c8f1bcc72 \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka;protocol=https;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka;protocol=https;branch=master \
+           file://0001-cmake-Use-CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR.patch \
+"
 SRCREV = "5e4b350806d561473138ce7a982e8f6cf2e77733"
 
 DEPENDS = "librdkafka boost chrpath-replacement-native"