diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/hexedit/hexedit_1.4.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/hexedit/hexedit_1.4.2.bb
index 050b7da..3e7fb2a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/hexedit/hexedit_1.4.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/hexedit/hexedit_1.4.2.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep
+inherit autotools-brokensep update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "hexedit"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[hexedit] = "${bindir}/hexedit"
+