diff --git a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
index 00d9c4fd40..d1cc0bf150 100644
--- a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
+++ b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LIBDNET_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBDNET_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-gnu-ld \
 	--with-check=no
+LIBDNET_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = dnet-config
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDNET_PYTHON),)
 LIBDNET_DEPENDENCIES = python