diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 904b6c07..cc66bd5d 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ define add_flavour_prefix
 	sed "s/\([^ ][^ ]*\) *\([<>=]*\) *\([^ ]*\)/$(FLAVOUR_PREFIX)\1 \2 \3/g"
 endef
 
+define beautify_lib_path
+	sed 's/:/\n  + /g'
+endef
+
 #$(shell cat $1/VERSION | sed 's/-dev//; s/-[^-]*$$//')
 define cat_version
 $(shell cat $1/VERSION | sed 's/-dev//')