diff --git a/package/mstpd/mstpd.mk b/package/mstpd/mstpd.mk
index 907d094242..07c41af8df 100644
--- a/package/mstpd/mstpd.mk
+++ b/package/mstpd/mstpd.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ MSTPD_AUTORECONF = YES
 MSTPD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, RSA Data Security (md5)
 MSTPD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE hmac_md5.c
 
+# The Linux kernel requires mstp binaries to be installed into /sbin,
+# not /usr/sbin.
+MSTPD_CONF_OPTS = --sbindir=/sbin
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))