diff --git a/common/environment/build/bootstrap.sh b/common/environment/build/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..a0cf1d22cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/build/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../configure/bootstrap.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/environment/configure/bootstrap.sh b/common/environment/configure/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff554eca55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/configure/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if [ -z "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr/include"
+	LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr/lib"
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcap/template b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
index 2241c9ccd1..4d1af6f9e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcap/template
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ checksum=cee4568f78dc851d726fc93f25f4ed91cc223b1fe8259daa4a77158d174e6c65
 
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="gperf perl"
-else
-	LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/usr/lib"
 fi
 
 do_configure() {