diff --git a/package/libs/uclient/Makefile b/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
index f25e80a508463d5ee4a5ab1d9dae5cfaa1813541..b55619f875b13d0896de1aee1446e6537ce7e16c 100644
--- a/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/uclient-fetch/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/uclient-fetch $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/uclient-fetch $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libuclient))