diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
index 6b5b7bd2ee..6df69c19f0 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ LIBV4L_DEPENDENCIES += libgl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+LIBV4L_CONF_OPTS += --with-udevdir=/usr/lib/udev
 LIBV4L_DEPENDENCIES += udev
 endif