diff --git a/srcpkgs/libhugetlbfs/template b/srcpkgs/libhugetlbfs/template
index 3289b57e660..33a645b0775 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libhugetlbfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libhugetlbfs/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 # fails to build on musl (relies on glibc specifics) + only for these archs
 archs="x86_64 i686 armv[67]l aarch64 ppc64le ppc64 ppc"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="ARCH=${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE%-*} LIB32=lib32 LIB64=lib BUILDTYPE=NATIVEONLY"
+make_build_args="ARCH=${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE%-*} LIB32=lib32 LIB64=lib64 BUILDTYPE=NATIVEONLY"
 make_install_args="${make_build_args}"
 short_desc="Library to deal with hugetlbfs"
 maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"