diff --git a/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf b/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
index 51e69356e..17488e880 100644
--- a/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
+++ b/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../freeradius/freeradius.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
 	set_confopt
 fi
 
+if atstage cross; then
+	# freeradius build system uses the 'R' variable for defining DESTDIR
+	var_append makeinstopt ' ' "R=$root"
+fi
+
 var_append LDFLAGS ' ' "-L/lib"
 export LDFLAGS