diff --git a/base/musl/musl.conf b/base/musl/musl.conf
index 70cfb62e8..78fe9bd0a 100644
--- a/base/musl/musl.conf
+++ b/base/musl/musl.conf
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 musl_arch="$( echo $arch | arch2uname )"
 
 if [ $prefix_auto == 1 ]; then
-	slibdir="/lib"
-	libdir="$slibdir"
+	syslibdir="/lib"
 fi
 
 if atstage toolchain; then
@@ -30,14 +29,20 @@ if atstage toolchain; then
 fi
 
 musl_postinstall() {
+	local LDSO=ld-musl-$musl_arch.so.1
+	local LIBCSO=libc-musl-$musl_arch.so.1
+
+	mv $root$libdir/libc.so $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO
+	ln -vsf $LIBCSO $root$syslibdir/$LDSO
+
 	# create a libc.so symlink to avoid libtool's attempt linking shared
 	# libs against libc.a in certain cases
-	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$slibdir/libc.so $root/$prefix$libdir/libc.so ) \
-		$root/$prefix$libdir/libc.so
+	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO $root$libdir/libc.so ) \
+		$root$libdir/libc.so
 
-	# create a symlink from ld-musl-$musl_arch.so to ldd # if the dynlinker
+	# create a symlink from ld-musl-$musl_arch.so to ldd if the dynlinker
 	# was started as "ldd" it will print DSO information
-	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$slibdir/ld-musl-$musl_arch.so.1 $root$bindir/ldd ) \
+	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$syslibdir/$LDSO $root$bindir/ldd ) \
 		$root$bindir/ldd
 }