diff --git a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
index 36837a191e..9b0f44610c 100644
--- a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
+++ b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ HOST_MAKEDEVS_CFLAGS += -DEXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES
 HOST_MAKEDEVS_LDFLAGS += -lcap
 endif
 
+define HOST_MAKEDEVS_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	cp $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_PKGDIR)/makedevs.c $(@D)
+endef
+
 define HOST_MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_CFLAGS) package/makedevs/makedevs.c \
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_CFLAGS) $(@D)/makedevs.c \
 		-o $(@D)/makedevs $(HOST_MAKEDEVS_LDFLAGS)
 endef