diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index 3df641ef69..df2e5a3ecd 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -97,5 +97,17 @@ define MTD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	)
 endef
 
+# Those libraries are not installed by "make install", but are needed
+# by other packages, such as swupdate.
+define MTD_INSTALL_LIBS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/include/libmtd.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mtd/libmtd.h
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/include/libubi.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mtd/libubi.h
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/include/mtd/ubi-media.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libmtd.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libmtd.a
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libubi.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libubi.a
+endef
+
+MTD_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += MTD_INSTALL_LIBS
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))