diff --git a/network/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/network/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
index 16b76b7a1..b7b4fd870 100644
--- a/network/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+++ b/network/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'BINDIR=$sbindir LIBDIR=$libdir'
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'BINDIR=$sbindir LIBDIR=$libdir'
+
 # there is no top-level Makefile
 hook_add preconf 3 'cd wpa_supplicant'