diff --git a/package/feh/feh.mk b/package/feh/feh.mk
index 03435dc36f..7381e25275 100644
--- a/package/feh/feh.mk
+++ b/package/feh/feh.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endef
 
 define FEH_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE1) CC="$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) " \
-		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
+		PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(@D) install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))