diff --git a/package/zstd/zstd.mk b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
index 475079dbfe..e836a81d62 100644
--- a/package/zstd/zstd.mk
+++ b/package/zstd/zstd.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ endef
 
 define ZSTD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) $(ZSTD_OPTS) \
-		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D)/programs install
+		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) PREFIX=/usr -C $(@D)/programs install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))