diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-texinfo/template
index e253e3cc03f..dc0ce550009 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-texinfo/template
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ checksum=1303e91a1c752b69a32666a407e9fbdd6e936def4b09bc7de30f416301530d68
 do_configure() {
 	cp -f ${XBPS_CROSSPFDIR}/config.sub build-aux
 
+	if [ -z "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+		export LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr/lib"
+	fi
 	./configure ${configure_args} --disable-nls
 }