diff --git a/package/gsl/gsl.mk b/package/gsl/gsl.mk
index 65915916cd..ef426cff38 100644
--- a/package/gsl/gsl.mk
+++ b/package/gsl/gsl.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ GSL_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/gsl
 GSL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GSL_LICENSE = GPLv3
 GSL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+GSL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gsl-config
 
 # uClibc pretends to have fenv support as it installs <fenv.h>, but in
 # practice, it only implements it for i386. Problem reported upstream