diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
index cf306ec..628047e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp_0.17.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 SRC_URI[patch31.md5sum] = "93d71e28ce70df69e080c7f90da63cac"
 SRC_URI[patch31.sha256sum] = "4edd46a32d70daa7ba00f0ebf0118dc5d17dff23d6e46aa21a2722be2e22d1c1"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep
+inherit autotools-brokensep update-alternatives
 
 CLEANBROKEN = "1"
 
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@
             ${bindir}/.debug"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "readline"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "ftp"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[ftp] = "${bindir}/ftp"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
index ebe867d..a787e52 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rpc/netkit-rpc_0.17.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
            "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "67212720482ea1aea9182a98653a9642"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "421d63b414162237a72867061f1bd3e3752a0d962cd5d30b5e933ddad8a14d3b"
+
+inherit update-alternatives
+
 CFLAGS += "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/tirpc"
 LIBS += "-ltirpc"
 
@@ -42,3 +45,7 @@
     'BINDIR=${bindir}' 'SBINDIR=${sbindir}' \
     'MANDIR=${mandir}' install
 }
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "rpcinfo"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rpcinfo] = "${bindir}/rpcinfo"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
index ad543b0..3085823 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-rwho/netkit-rwho_0.17.bb
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@
     mkdir -p -m 755 ${D}${localstatedir}/spool/rwho
     chown -R rwhod ${D}${localstatedir}/spool/rwho
 }
-
-pkg_postinst_${PN}-server() {
+pkg_postinst_ontarget_${PN}-server() {
     ${sysconfdir}/init.d/rwhod start
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
index 92c13e8..28e0164 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-netkit/netkit-tftp/netkit-tftp_0.17.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 SRC_URI[patch18.md5sum] = "cb29e7a33dd85105ba6e6ec4f971e42c"
 SRC_URI[patch18.sha256sum] = "092437d27b4fa88c044ef6290372fee5ce06d223607f0e22a6e527065c8930e7"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep
+inherit autotools-brokensep update-alternatives
 
 do_configure () {
     ./configure --prefix=${prefix}
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@
     ${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-server = "tcp-wrappers xinetd"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-client = "tftp"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[tftp] = "${bindir}/tftp"