1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index ba027d457..6e804857f 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ endif
 
 
 # invoke ipkg with configuration in $(STAGING_DIR)/etc/ipkg.conf 
-IPKG := IPKG_CONF_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/etc $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/ipkg -force-defaults -force-depends
+IPKG := IPKG_INSTROOT=$(TARGET_DIR) IPKG_CONF_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/etc $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/ipkg -force-defaults -force-depends
 IPKG_STATE_DIR := $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ipkg
 
 # invoke ipkg-build with some default options