diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/smem/smem_1.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/smem/smem_1.4.bb
index 519020f3b0..702217a33d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/smem/smem_1.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/smem/smem_1.4.bb
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ do_install() {
         install -m 0644 ${S}/smem.8 ${D}/${mandir}/man8/
 }
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-textutils python-compression python-shell python-codecs"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "smemcap"
+
+FILES_smemcap = "${bindir}/smemcap"