diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/can-utils_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/can-utils_git.bb
index 5193688..e3ad04f 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/can-utils_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/can-utils_git.bb
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig
+inherit autotools pkgconfig update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "candump cansend"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[candump] = "${bindir}/candump"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[cansend] = "${bindir}/cansend"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
index e1508af..aaa2653 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/socketcan/canutils_4.0.6.bb
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@
     file://0001-canutils-candump-Add-error-frame-s-handling.patch \
 "
 
+inherit update-alternatives
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 # Busybox ip doesn't support can interface configuration, use the real thing
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "iproute2"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "90"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "candump cansend"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[candump] = "${bindir}/candump"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[cansend] = "${bindir}/cansend"