diff --git a/package/mdadm/mdadm.mk b/package/mdadm/mdadm.mk
index 0a2eb4e5bd..c61937306a 100644
--- a/package/mdadm/mdadm.mk
+++ b/package/mdadm/mdadm.mk
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ MDADM_BUILD_OPTS = \
 	CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DBINDIR=\\\"/sbin\\\"" \
 	CHECK_RUN_DIR=0
 
+MDADM_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = install-bin
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),)
 MDADM_BUILD_OPTS += USE_PTHREADS=
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
 MDADM_DEPENDENCIES += udev
+MDADM_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS += install-udev
 else
 MDADM_CXFLAGS += -DNO_LIBUDEV
 endif
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ define MDADM_BUILD_CMDS
 endef
 
 define MDADM_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install-bin
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) $(MDADM_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))