diff --git a/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk b/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
index 666346be0e..5211ac22a5 100644
--- a/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
+++ b/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ define FONT_AWESOME_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/font-awesome/
 	$(foreach d,$(FONT_AWESOME_DIRECTORIES_LIST),\
 		cp -dpfr $(@D)/$(d) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/font-awesome$(sep))
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/
+	ln -sf ../font-awesome $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/font-awesome
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))