diff --git a/tools/automake/files/aclocal b/tools/automake/files/aclocal
index a586ccc61f..60278e2ab0 100755
--- a/tools/automake/files/aclocal
+++ b/tools/automake/files/aclocal
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-aclocal.real \
-    -I ${STAGING_DIR}/host/share/aclocal \
-    -I ${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/aclocal \
-    $@
+if [ -d ${STAGING_DIR}/host/share/aclocal ]; then
+    aclocal_include_dirs="-I ${STAGING_DIR}/host/share/aclocal"
+else
+    aclocal_include_dirs=
+fi
+if [ -d ${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/aclocal ]; then
+    aclocal_include_dirs="$aclocal_include_dirs -I ${STAGING_DIR}/usr/share/aclocal"
+fi
+aclocal.real $aclocal_include_dirs $@