diff --git a/srcpkgs/openmpi/template b/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
index c0eeb69b1e3..696765fbd40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openmpi/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=openmpi
 version=4.1.0
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --with-hwloc=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --with-hwloc=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ --libdir=\${prefix}/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}"
 hostmakedepends="gcc-fortran libgomp-devel perl pkg-config automake libtool"
 makedepends="libgfortran-devel libgomp-devel libhwloc-devel zlib-devel libevent-devel"
 conf_files="