diff --git a/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf b/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf
index 07fd7b6ce48..cddbfc17ae7 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf
+++ b/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 # or specific in an configuration file like this, then require it.
 #
 # This configuration specifies an x86 64 bit machine as the main machine
-# type and then adds a multilib in the "lib32" directory where those
-# libraries are compiled with the "x86" tune.
+# type and then adds a multilib in the explicitly overwritten "lib32" directory
+# where those libraries are compiled with the "x86" tune.
 #
 
 MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
 require conf/multilib.conf
 MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
 DEFAULTTUNE:virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
+BASELIB:virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "lib32"