diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 88d561f..307c9f1 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_BUILD_DIR:=build/python2};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_CONFIGURE:=build/sbpython2/configure};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--source-dir=../../Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_VERSION} --prefix=${PREFIX}"};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="NATIVE_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,${PREFIX}/lib"};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="PREFIX= EXEC_PREFIX= BINDIR=/bin SBINDIR=/sbin LIBDIR=/lib INCLUDEDIR=/include OLDINCLUDEDIR=/include MANDIR=/share/man DOCDIR=/share/doc LIBEXECDIR=/libexec"};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=750d437185286f40a369e1e4f4764eda932b9459b5ec9a731628393dd3d32334};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_HOST_VERSION:=7.0};