diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.0.bb
index bae84c7242..cff86722e4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libtraceevent/libtraceevent_1.7.0.bb
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ do_install() {
     oe_runmake install DESTDIR=${D} pkgconfig_dir=${libdir}/pkgconfig
 }
 
-FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/traceevent"
+PACKAGES += "${PN}-plugins"
+
+FILES:${PN}-plugins += "${libdir}/traceevent/plugins"