diff --git a/package/hwdata/hwdata.mk b/package/hwdata/hwdata.mk
index a7dd84f62c..cac6b80185 100644
--- a/package/hwdata/hwdata.mk
+++ b/package/hwdata/hwdata.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ HWDATA_VERSION = 0.371
 HWDATA_SITE = $(call github,vcrhonek,hwdata,v$(HWDATA_VERSION))
 HWDATA_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-3-Clause, XFree86 1.0
 HWDATA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSE
+HWDATA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 HWDATA_FILES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA_IAB_OUI_TXT),iab.txt oui.txt) \
@@ -15,7 +16,22 @@ HWDATA_FILES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA_PNP_IDS),pnp.ids) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA_USB_IDS),usb.ids)
 
+define HWDATA_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ./configure)
+endef
+
+define HWDATA_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) hwdata.pc
+endef
+
 ifneq ($(strip $(HWDATA_FILES)),)
+define HWDATA_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/hwdata.pc \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hwdata.pc
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/hwdata
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/hwdata \
+		$(addprefix $(@D)/,$(HWDATA_FILES))
+endef
 define HWDATA_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/hwdata
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/hwdata \