diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 450e10f540..4ae41c10f7 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endef
 
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) CFLAGS="$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CFLAGS)" \
-		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" BINDIR=/usr/sbin \
 		$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" -C $(@D)/$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUBDIR)
 endef