diff --git a/packages/tools/hdparm/build b/packages/tools/hdparm/build
index 35ae8ec7a8..0a9e5c080d 100755
--- a/packages/tools/hdparm/build
+++ b/packages/tools/hdparm/build
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 LDFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -fwhole-program"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-  make binprefix="/usr" sbindir="/sbin"
+  make binprefix="/usr" sbindir="/usr/bin"
diff --git a/packages/tools/hdparm/install b/packages/tools/hdparm/install
index 766f42c877..abb22d7069 100755
--- a/packages/tools/hdparm/install
+++ b/packages/tools/hdparm/install
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/hdparm $INSTALL/sbin
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/hdparm $INSTALL/usr/bin