diff --git a/package/base/linux24-header/linux24-header.conf b/package/base/linux24-header/linux24-header.conf
index d9005151d..014d98255 100644
--- a/package/base/linux24-header/linux24-header.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux24-header/linux24-header.conf
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ main_lx_header() {
 
 	# install the header files - and do some post-processing for sparc
 	rm -rf $root/usr/include/{asm,asm-generic,linux,asm-sparc,asm-sparc64}
-	mkdir -p $root/usr/include
+	mkdir -p $root/$prefix/include
 	if [ $arch != sparc ] ; then
-	  cp -rLv include/{asm,asm-generic,linux} $root/usr/include
+	  cp -rLv include/{asm,asm-generic,linux} $root/$prefix/include
 	else
 	  # we can only generate this files when we have a cross compiler
 	  # which is stage 1 and above ...