diff --git a/package/eudev/Config.in b/package/eudev/Config.in
index 2220265a55..b1d2f37a72 100644
--- a/package/eudev/Config.in
+++ b/package/eudev/Config.in
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_RULES_GEN
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_ENABLE_HWDB
 	bool "enable hwdb installation"
 	default y
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_EUDEV # for udevadm, during target-finalize
 	help
-	  Enables hardware database installation to /etc/udev/hwdb.d
+	  Enables hardware database installation to /etc/udev/hwdb.bin
 
 endif