diff --git a/doc/flatpak-manifest.xml b/doc/flatpak-manifest.xml
index 7631d22e..11cd3498 100644
--- a/doc/flatpak-manifest.xml
+++ b/doc/flatpak-manifest.xml
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@
                     <listitem><para>The build prefix for the modules (defaults to <filename>/app</filename> for
                     applications and <filename>/usr</filename> for runtimes).</para></listitem>
                 </varlistentry>
+                <varlistentry>
+                    <term><option>libdir</option> (string)</term>
+                    <listitem><para>The build libdir for the modules (defaults to <filename>/app/lib</filename> for
+                    applications and <filename>/usr/lib</filename> for runtimes).</para></listitem>
+                </varlistentry>
                 <varlistentry>
                     <term><option>append-path</option> (string)</term>
                     <listitem><para>This will get appended to PATH in the build environment (with an leading colon if
diff --git a/src/builder-options.c b/src/builder-options.c
index 740c0169..7c26d79c 100644
--- a/src/builder-options.c
+++ b/src/builder-options.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct BuilderOptions
   char       *append_pkg_config_path;
   char       *prepend_pkg_config_path;
   char       *prefix;
+  char       *libdir;
   char      **env;
   char      **build_args;
   char      **test_args;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ enum {
   PROP_CXXFLAGS,
   PROP_LDFLAGS,
   PROP_PREFIX,
+  PROP_LIBDIR,
   PROP_ENV,
   PROP_STRIP,
   PROP_NO_DEBUGINFO,
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ builder_options_finalize (GObject *object)
   g_free (self->append_pkg_config_path);
   g_free (self->prepend_pkg_config_path);
   g_free (self->prefix);
+  g_free (self->libdir);
   g_strfreev (self->env);
   g_strfreev (self->build_args);
   g_strfreev (self->test_args);
@@ -177,6 +180,10 @@ builder_options_get_property (GObject    *object,
       g_value_set_string (value, self->prefix);
       break;
 
+    case PROP_LIBDIR:
+      g_value_set_string (value, self->libdir);
+      break;
+
     case PROP_ENV:
       g_value_set_boxed (value, self->env);
       break;
@@ -288,6 +295,11 @@ builder_options_set_property (GObject      *object,
       self->prefix = g_value_dup_string (value);
       break;
 
+    case PROP_LIBDIR:
+      g_clear_pointer (&self->libdir, g_free);
+      self->libdir = g_value_dup_string (value);
+      break;
+
     case PROP_ENV:
       tmp = self->env;
       self->env = g_strdupv (g_value_get_boxed (value));
@@ -433,6 +445,13 @@ builder_options_class_init (BuilderOptionsClass *klass)
                                                         "",
                                                         NULL,
                                                         G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class,
+                                   PROP_LIBDIR,
+                                   g_param_spec_string ("libdir",
+                                                        "",
+                                                        "",
+                                                        NULL,
+                                                        G_PARAM_READWRITE));
   g_object_class_install_property (object_class,
                                    PROP_ENV,
                                    g_param_spec_boxed ("env",
@@ -889,6 +908,22 @@ builder_options_get_prefix (BuilderOptions *self, BuilderContext *context)
   return "/app";
 }
 
+const char *
+builder_options_get_libdir (BuilderOptions *self, BuilderContext *context)
+{
+  g_autoptr(GList) options = get_all_options (self, context);
+  GList *l;
+
+  for (l = options; l != NULL; l = l->next)
+    {
+      BuilderOptions *o = l->data;
+      if (o->libdir)
+        return o->libdir;
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 gboolean
 builder_options_get_strip (BuilderOptions *self, BuilderContext *context)
 {
@@ -1154,6 +1189,7 @@ builder_options_checksum (BuilderOptions *self,
   builder_cache_checksum_str (cache, self->cppflags);
   builder_cache_checksum_str (cache, self->ldflags);
   builder_cache_checksum_str (cache, self->prefix);
+  builder_cache_checksum_compat_str (cache, self->libdir);
   builder_cache_checksum_strv (cache, self->env);
   builder_cache_checksum_strv (cache, self->build_args);
   builder_cache_checksum_compat_strv (cache, self->test_args);
diff --git a/src/builder-options.h b/src/builder-options.h
index e210e2b4..3b2ecc5f 100644
--- a/src/builder-options.h
+++ b/src/builder-options.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const char *builder_options_get_ldflags (BuilderOptions *self,
                                          BuilderContext *context);
 const char *builder_options_get_prefix (BuilderOptions *self,
                                         BuilderContext *context);
+const char *builder_options_get_libdir (BuilderOptions *self,
+                                        BuilderContext *context);
 char **     builder_options_get_env (BuilderOptions *self,
                                      BuilderContext *context);
 char **     builder_options_get_build_args (BuilderOptions *self,