diff --git a/tools/pkg_install/Makefile.inc b/tools/pkg_install/Makefile.inc
index eb0c6c5a2640..bca652138212 100644
--- a/tools/pkg_install/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tools/pkg_install/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.2 2020/01/12 21:27:43 christos Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.3 2020/01/17 16:50:51 christos Exp $
 
 .include "${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/pkg_install/Makefile.inc"
 
+.if !defined(HOSTLIB)
 INSTALL_OBJDIR!= cd ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/tools/pkg_install/lib && ${PRINTOBJDIR}
 LDFLAGS+=-L${INSTALL_OBJDIR}
 LDADD+=-linstall
+.endif