diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libdata/libdata-hexdump-perl_0.02.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libdata/libdata-hexdump-perl_0.02.bb
index 44c651c..4493a7e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libdata/libdata-hexdump-perl_0.02.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libdata/libdata-hexdump-perl_0.02.bb
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
 ALTERNATIVES_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "hexdump"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "hexdump"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[hexdump] = "${bindir}/hexdump"