diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 764e0ae1193..b764ef4b97c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 * [#2580](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2580): Set stdout to line buffering
 * [#2571](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2571): Improve task scheduling for parallel and distributed compilation based on memory/cpu usage
 * [#2410](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2410): Improve cmakelists generator
+* [#2690](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2690): Improve to pass toolchains to packages
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 
@@ -1373,6 +1374,7 @@
 * [#2580](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2580): 设置 stdout 到 line 缓冲输出
 * [#2571](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2571): 改进分布式编译的调度算法，增加 cpu/memory 状态权重
 * [#2410](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2410): 改进 cmakelists 生成
+* [#2690](https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2690): 改机传递 toolchains 到包
 
 ### Bugs 修复
 
diff --git a/xmake/modules/private/action/require/impl/package.lua b/xmake/modules/private/action/require/impl/package.lua
index aa7fc9b96d7..e90922171d8 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/private/action/require/impl/package.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/private/action/require/impl/package.lua
@@ -466,19 +466,21 @@ function _init_requireinfo(requireinfo, package, opt)
     requireinfo.configs = requireinfo.configs or {}
     if opt.is_toplevel then
         requireinfo.is_toplevel = true
-        if not package:is_headeronly() then
-            if package:is_library() then
-                requireinfo.configs.toolchains = requireinfo.configs.toolchains or project.get("target.toolchains")
-                if project.policy("package.inherit_external_configs") then
-                    requireinfo.configs.toolchains = requireinfo.configs.toolchains or get_config("toolchain")
-                end
-            end
-            requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime or project.get("target.runtimes")
+
+        -- we always pass some configurations from toplevel even it's headeronly, because it's library deps need inherit them
+        -- but we will reset it for headeronly package after finishing requireinfo
+        -- @see https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/2688
+        if package:is_library() then
+            requireinfo.configs.toolchains = requireinfo.configs.toolchains or project.get("target.toolchains")
             if project.policy("package.inherit_external_configs") then
-                requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime or get_config("vs_runtime")
+                requireinfo.configs.toolchains = requireinfo.configs.toolchains or get_config("toolchain")
             end
-            requireinfo.configs.lto = requireinfo.configs.lto or project.policy("build.optimization.lto")
         end
+        requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime or project.get("target.runtimes")
+        if project.policy("package.inherit_external_configs") then
+            requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime or get_config("vs_runtime")
+        end
+        requireinfo.configs.lto = requireinfo.configs.lto or project.policy("build.optimization.lto")
     end
 end
 
@@ -487,6 +489,8 @@ function _finish_requireinfo(requireinfo, package)
     requireinfo.configs = requireinfo.configs or {}
     if package:is_headeronly() then
         requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = nil
+        requireinfo.configs.toolchains = nil
+        requireinfo.configs.lto = nil
     else
         if requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime == nil and package:is_plat("windows") then
             requireinfo.configs.vs_runtime = "MT"