diff --git a/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile b/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile
index cc82df48fea34ac0facb97041d34c8672a7abbee..3a8a41b515e3036126315cff640ab0f6ef4916f6 100644
--- a/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libjson-c/Makefile
@@ -27,30 +27,51 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 
-define Package/libjson
+define Package/libjson-c
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=javascript object notation
   URL:=http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/
 endef
 
-define Package/libjson/description
+define Package/libjson-c/description
  This package contains a library for javascript object notation backends.
 endef
 
+define Package/libjson
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  DEPENDS:=+libjson-c
+  TITLE:=javascript object notation (compat library)
+  URL:=http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/
+endef
+
+define Package/libjson/description
+ This package contains a compatibility library for packages that have not
+ been adapted to the json-c library rename yet
+endef
+
+
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/json $(1)/usr/include/
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/json-c $(1)/usr/include/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjson.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjson-c.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/json-c.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
-define Package/libjson/install
+define Package/libjson-c/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
+define Package/libjson/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjson.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libjson-c))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libjson))
diff --git a/package/libs/libubox/Makefile b/package/libs/libubox/Makefile
index 231a5875bdbacd5a6b67dc7d28d4de047475ed22..5eebc6e18399fe6b711fc077c4a27dc5def57ec4 100644
--- a/package/libs/libubox/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libubox/Makefile
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ define Package/libblobmsg-json
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=blobmsg <-> json conversion library
-  DEPENDS:=+libjson +libubox
+  DEPENDS:=+libjson-c +libubox
 endef
 
 define Package/jshn
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  DEPENDS:=+libjson
+  DEPENDS:=+libjson-c
   TITLE:=JSON SHell Notation
 endef