diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.2.7.bb b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.2.7.bb
index 803fec3..d351437 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.2.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.2.7.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2ab442d169156f34c379c968f3f482dd"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "49e2e9658dfb036900da6ea0267a737fa3c4eee6666776d378c79d52e9334934"
 
 do_configure (){
-	./configure --prefix=${prefix} --shared --libdir=${libdir}
+	#sharedlibdir sets to {libdir} if not set
+	./configure --prefix=${prefix} --shared --libdir="${base_libdir}"
 }
 
 do_compile (){
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ do_compile (){
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install
+	#libz.a installs to libdir, overwrite the env libdir
+	#install pkgconfig to env libdir/pkgconfig
+	oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} pkgconfigdir="${libdir}/pkgconfig" \
+		   libdir="${base_libdir}" install
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.8.19.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.8.19.bb
index 2951396..aca6211 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.8.19.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib_2.8.19.bb
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ca0ec168d9c6466612204e8dfb2df8a9"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7086b0ca23f875c9cd9ea2a993c262384b274dba9c4ea1da845ec8ac290748a9"
 
 inherit autotools gettext
+
+libdir = "${base_libdir}"