diff --git a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
index b013390572..c1117ef65c 100644
--- a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
+++ b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
 # at revision 5a0f08500fa51608b6d3b73ee338be38c692eadb
 HOST_MKPASSWD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 
+define HOST_MKPASSWD_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	cp $(HOST_MKPASSWD_PKGDIR)/*.c $(HOST_MKPASSWD_PKGDIR)/*.h $(@D)
+endef
+
 define HOST_MKPASSWD_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) \
-		package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.c package/mkpasswd/utils.c \
+		$(@D)/mkpasswd.c $(@D)/utils.c \
 		-o $(@D)/mkpasswd -lcrypt
 endef