diff --git a/base/glibc/glibc.conf b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
index e481f71bd..84b8b9efc 100644
--- a/base/glibc/glibc.conf
+++ b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ pkg_glibc_abi_preconf() {
 		# filter out some unwanted header files
 		var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" \
 			"sed -e 's,.*usr/include/.*\.h,/tmp/removed.h,'"
+	else
+		# only run postmake while building the default ABI
+		if atstage native; then
+			hook_add postmake 5 'pkg_glibc_postmake'
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ glibc_prepatch() {
 	done
 }
 
-glibc_postmake()
+pkg_glibc_postmake()
 {
 	if atstage toolchain; then
 	  cp -v ../include/features.h $root$includedir
@@ -302,7 +307,6 @@ fi
 #fi
 
 hook_add prepatch 3 "glibc_prepatch"
-hook_add postmake 5 "glibc_postmake"
 
 # workaround for failing builds when building for i686 cpu family
 case $arch_machine in