diff --git a/etc/README.md b/etc/README.md
index 128ba18..eb0f5f9 100644
--- a/etc/README.md
+++ b/etc/README.md
@@ -445,22 +445,22 @@ Build step status is tracked on a per-package basis by state files beneath
 ``${BUILD_WORKDIR}`` following the format ``.<package name>.<build step>``;
 package build completion corresponds to the pseudo-build step ``finish``.
 
-| Name                | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| fetch_download      | Download package archive & verify w/ SHA-256 message digest and/or clone Git repository/ies                                                                                           |
-| fetch_extract       | Extract package archive, if any                                                                                                                                                       |
-| configure_patch_pre | Apply ``chainport`` patches and/or patches beneath ``patches/`` prior to (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                                                     |
-| configure_autotools | Bootstrap (GNU autools or similar) environment, and install ``config.sub`` and ``config.cache``                                                                                       |
-| configure_patch     | Apply patches beneath ``patches/`` and/or set in ``${PKG_PATCHES_EXTRA}`` after (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                                              |
-| configure           | Perform package (GNU autools or similar) configuration w/ configuration-time set of environment variables                                                                             |
-| build               | Call ``make(1)`` w/ build-time set of make variables                                                                                                                                  |
-| install_subdirs     | Create default directory hierarchy in ``${PKG_DESTDIR}``, optionally amended w/ ``${PKG_INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR_EXTRA}``                                                                |
-| install_make        | Call ``make(1)`` w/ ``${PKG_INSTALL_TARGET}`` (defaults to ``install``) and installation-time set of make variables                                                                   |
-| install_files       | Install ``${PKG_INSTALL_FILES}``, ``pkgconf(1)`` package files, and/or stripped binaries within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}``                                                                    |
-| install_libs        | Purge libtool ``.la`` files and install shared objects within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}`` w/ ``perk`` and corresponding symbolic links                                                         |
-| install             | Fix directory and file mode bits within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}``, install into ``${PKG_PREFIX}`` under mutex, and add package to ``${PREFIX}/pkglist.${PKG_BUILD_TYPE}`` (unless inhibited) |
-| install_rpm         | Build package RPM w/ auto-generated specifiation file based on ``etc/package.spec`` beneath ``${PREFIX_RPM}``                                                                         |
-| clean               | Clean ``${PKG_BUILD_DIR}`` and/or ``${PKG_DESTDIR}`` and/or ``${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}`` as per ``-C build,dest,src``, resp., if any                                             |
+| Name                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                    |
+| fetch_download      | Download package archive & verify w/ SHA-256 message digest and/or clone Git repository/ies                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| fetch_extract       | Extract package archive, if any                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| configure_patch_pre | Apply ``chainport`` patches and/or patches beneath ``patches/`` prior to (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| configure_autotools | Bootstrap (GNU autools or similar) environment, and install ``config.sub`` and ``config.cache``                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| configure_patch     | Apply patches beneath ``patches/`` and/or set in ``${PKG_PATCHES_EXTRA}`` after (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| configure           | Perform package (GNU autools or similar) configuration w/ configuration-time set of environment variables                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| build               | Call ``make(1)`` w/ build-time set of make variables                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| install_subdirs     | Create default directory hierarchy in ``${PKG_DESTDIR}``, optionally amended w/ ``${PKG_INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR_EXTRA}``                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| install_make        | Call ``make(1)`` w/ ``${PKG_INSTALL_TARGET}`` (defaults to ``install``) and installation-time set of make variables                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| install_files       | Install ``${PKG_INSTALL_FILES}``, ``pkgconf(1)`` package files, and/or stripped binaries within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}``                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| install_libs        | Purge libtool ``.la`` files and install shared objects within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}`` w/ ``perk`` and corresponding symbolic links                                                                                                                                                            |
+| install             | Fix directory and file mode bits within ``${PKG_DESTDIR}`` and optionally ``${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}``, install into ``${PKG_PREFIX}``, and optionally ``${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}`` into ``${PREFIX}``, under mutex, and add package to ``${PREFIX}/pkglist.${PKG_BUILD_TYPE}`` (unless inhibited) |
+| install_rpm         | Build package RPM w/ auto-generated specifiation file based on ``etc/package.spec`` beneath ``${PREFIX_RPM}``                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| clean               | Clean ``${PKG_BUILD_DIR}`` and/or ``${PKG_DESTDIR}`` and/or ``${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}`` and/or ``${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}`` as per ``-C build,dest,src``, resp., if any                                                                                                                                                |
   
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@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ VERSION`` and/or ``URLS_GIT``, respectively.
 | BASE_DIR                    | Absolute pathname to package build root directory beneath ``${BUILD_WORKDIR}``                                                              |
 | BUILD_DIR                   | Directory name of package build directory beneath ``${PKG_BASE_DIR}``                                                                       |
 | BUILD_STEPS_DISABLE         | List of build steps to disable during package build                                                                                         |
-| BUILD_TYPE                  | Cross-compiled toolchain (``cross``,) host (``host``,) or cross-compiled package (``native``) build type                                   |
+| BUILD_TYPE                  | Cross-compiled toolchain (``cross``,) host (``host``,) or cross-compiled package (``native``) build type                                    |
 | CC                          | Command- or pathname of toolchain C compiler ``cc(1)``                                                                                      |
 | CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA          | Additional C compiler flags during package ``make(1)``  build                                                                               |
 | CFLAGS_CONFIGURE            | C compiler flags during package (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                                                    |
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ VERSION`` and/or ``URLS_GIT``, respectively.
 | CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA    | Additional list of C++ compiler flags during package (GNU autotools or similar) configuration                                               |
 | DEPENDS                     | List of package-package dependencies                                                                                                        |
 | DESTDIR                     | Directory name of package installation destination directory beneath ``${PKG_BASE_DIR}``                                                    |
+| DESTDIR_HOST                | Directory name of optional host package installation destination directory beneath ``${PKG_BASE_DIR}``                                      |
 | DISABLED                    | Disable package                                                                                                                             |
 | ENV_VARS_EXTRA              | List of double colon-separated environment variable equality sign-separated name-value pairs to set during package build                    |
 | FNAME                       | Filename of package archive file                                                                                                            |
diff --git a/midipix.env b/midipix.env
index 5d068d8..83f767e 100644
--- a/midipix.env
+++ b/midipix.env
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ DEFAULT_BUILD_VARS="
 	CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA CFLAGS_CONFIGURE CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA			\
 	CONFIG_CACHE CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA CONFIG_CACHE_LOCAL CONFIGURE			\
 	CONFIGURE_ARGS CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA CXX CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE			\
-	CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA DEPENDS DESTDIR DISABLED ENV_VARS_EXTRA		\
-	FNAME FORCE_AUTORECONF GITROOT INHERIT_FROM INSTALL_FILES			\
-	INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR_EXTRA INSTALL_TARGET		\
-	INSTALL_TARGET_EXTRA IN_TREE LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE		\
-	LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA LIBTOOL MAKE MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME				\
-	MAKEFLAGS_BUILD MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL				\
-	MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_VERBOSITY NO_CLEAN NO_CLEAN_BASE_DIR		\
-	NO_LOG_VARS PYTHON PATCHES_EXTRA PKG_CONFIG PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR PKGLIST_DISABLE	\
-	PREFIX RANLIB RPM_DISABLE SHA256SUM SUBDIR TARGET URL URLS_GIT			\
-	VERSION";
+	CXXFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA DEPENDS DESTDIR DESTDIR_HOST DISABLED			\
+	ENV_VARS_EXTRA FNAME FORCE_AUTORECONF GITROOT INHERIT_FROM			\
+	INSTALL_FILES INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR INSTALL_FILES_DESTDIR_EXTRA			\
+	INSTALL_TARGET INSTALL_TARGET_EXTRA IN_TREE LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA			\
+	LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA LIBTOOL MAKE				\
+	MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME MAKEFLAGS_BUILD MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA			\
+	MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_VERBOSITY			\
+	NO_CLEAN NO_CLEAN_BASE_DIR NO_LOG_VARS PYTHON PATCHES_EXTRA			\
+	PKG_CONFIG PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR PKGLIST_DISABLE PREFIX RANLIB			\
+	RPM_DISABLE SHA256SUM SUBDIR TARGET URL URLS_GIT VERSION";
 
 # Path names
 : ${PREFIX_ROOT:="${HOME}/midipix"};
diff --git a/subr/ex_pkg_env.subr b/subr/ex_pkg_env.subr
index 2f2f674..ff2338e 100644
--- a/subr/ex_pkg_env.subr
+++ b/subr/ex_pkg_env.subr
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ exp_pkg_env_defaults() {
 	PKG_BUILD_DIR="${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_BUILD_DIR}";
 	PKG_CONFIGURE="${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_CONFIGURE:-${PKG_SUBDIR}/configure}";
 	PKG_DESTDIR="${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_DESTDIR:-destdir}";
+	PKG_DESTDIR_HOST="${PKG_BASE_DIR}/${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST:-destdir_host}";
 };
 
 #
diff --git a/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr b/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
index d21289b..992b7c8 100644
--- a/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
+++ b/subr/ex_pkg_exec.subr
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ exp_pkg_exec_pre() {
 		return 1;
 	elif ! ex_pkg_state_test "${_pkg_name}" "start" "${_restart_at}"; then
 		if [ "${PKG_NO_CLEAN_BASE_DIR:-0}" -eq 0 ]\
-		&& ! rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_BASE_DIR}" "${PKG_BUILD_DIR}" "${PKG_DESTDIR}"\
+		&& ! rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_BASE_DIR}" "${PKG_BUILD_DIR}" "${PKG_DESTDIR}" "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}"\
 		|| ! rtl_fileop mkdir "${PKG_BASE_DIR}"; then
 			return 1;
 		fi;
diff --git a/subr/pkg_clean.subr b/subr/pkg_clean.subr
index 39b0ead..a4a70d6 100644
--- a/subr/pkg_clean.subr
+++ b/subr/pkg_clean.subr
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ pkg_clean() {
 		if rtl_lmatch "${ARG_CLEAN_BUILDS}" "dest" ","; then
 			if ! rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_DESTDIR}"; then
 				return 1;
+			elif [ -e "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}" ]\
+			&&   ! rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}"; then
+				return 1;
 			fi;
 		fi;
 		if rtl_lmatch "${ARG_CLEAN_BUILDS}" "src" ","; then
diff --git a/subr/pkg_install.subr b/subr/pkg_install.subr
index 1f9f1d9..f869ec5 100644
--- a/subr/pkg_install.subr
+++ b/subr/pkg_install.subr
@@ -2,31 +2,41 @@
 # set +o errexit -o noglob -o nounset is assumed.
 #
 
+pkgp_install_perms() {
+	local _destdir="${1}" _fname="" _ifs_old="${IFS:- }" IFS;
+	IFS="
+";	for _fname in $(find "${_destdir}" -type d); do
+		if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0755 "${_fname}"; then
+			return 1;
+		fi;
+	done;
+	for _fname in $(find "${_destdir}" \( -not -perm /0111 \) -type f); do
+		if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0644 "${_fname}"; then
+			return 1;
+		fi;
+	done;
+	for _fname in $(find "${_destdir}" -perm /0111 -type f); do
+		if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0755 "${_fname}"; then
+			return 1;
+		fi;
+	done;
+};
+
 pkg_install() {
-	local _fname="" _ifs_old="${IFS:- }" _pkglist_name="" IFS;
+	local _destdir="" _destdir_prefix="" _ifs_old="${IFS:- }" _pkglist_name="" IFS;
 	if ! rtl_fileop mkdir "${PKG_PREFIX}"; then
 		return 1;
-	else	IFS="
-";		for _fname in $(find "${PKG_DESTDIR}" -type d); do
-			if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0755 "${_fname}"; then
-				return 1;
+	else	for _destdir in "${PKG_DESTDIR}:${PKG_PREFIX}" "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}:${PREFIX}"; do
+			IFS=":"; set -- ${_destdir}; IFS="${_ifs_old}"; _destdir="${1}"; _destdir_prefix="${2}";
+			if [ -e "${_destdir}" ]; then
+				pkgp_install_perms "${_destdir}";
+				(set +o errexit -o noglob; rtl_flock_acquire 4 || exit "${?}"; date;
+				trap "rm -f \"${BUILD_WORKDIR}/install.lock\"" EXIT;
+				if ! tar -C "${_destdir}" -cpf - . | tar -C "${_destdir_prefix}" --overwrite -xpf -; then
+					exit 1;
+				fi) 4<>"${BUILD_WORKDIR}/install.lock";
 			fi;
 		done;
-		for _fname in $(find "${PKG_DESTDIR}" \( -not -perm /0111 \) -type f); do
-			if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0644 "${_fname}"; then
-				return 1;
-			fi;
-		done;
-		for _fname in $(find "${PKG_DESTDIR}" -perm /0111 -type f); do
-			if ! rtl_fileop chmod 0755 "${_fname}"; then
-				return 1;
-			fi;
-		done; IFS="${_ifs_old}";
-		(set +o errexit -o noglob; rtl_flock_acquire 4 || exit "${?}"; date;
-		trap "rm -f \"${BUILD_WORKDIR}/install.lock\"" EXIT;
-		if ! tar -C "${PKG_DESTDIR}" -cpf - . | tar -C "${PKG_PREFIX}" --overwrite -xpf -; then
-			exit 1;
-		fi) 4<>"${BUILD_WORKDIR}/install.lock";
 		if [ "${?}" -ne 0 ]; then
 			return 1;
 		elif [ "${PKG_PKGLIST_DISABLE:-0}" -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/vars/libxslt.vars b/vars/libxslt.vars
index 62b8717..b1341f1 100644
--- a/vars/libxslt.vars
+++ b/vars/libxslt.vars
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 #
 
 pkg_libxslt_install_make_post() {
-	if [ -e "${PREFIX}/bin/xslt-config" ]\
-	&& ! rtl_fileop rm "${PREFIX}/bin/xslt-config"; then
+	if ! rtl_fileop mkdir "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}/bin"; then
 		return 1;
-	fi;
-	if ! sed '/^prefix=$/s,^prefix=$,prefix='"${PREFIX_NATIVE}"',' "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/xslt-config" > "${PREFIX}/bin/xslt-config"; then
+	elif ! sed '/^prefix=$/s,^prefix=$,prefix='"${PREFIX_NATIVE}"',' "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/xslt-config" > "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}/bin/xslt-config"; then
 		return 1;
 	else
-		rtl_fileop chmod +x "${PREFIX}/bin/xslt-config";
+		rtl_fileop chmod +x "${PKG_DESTDIR_HOST}/bin/xslt-config";
 	fi;
 };