diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.48.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.48.1.bb
index e29cc49242..24eb87bafb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.48.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.48.1.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
 S = "${WORKDIR}/ifupdown-${PV}ubuntu5"
 
 
-inherit update-rc.d
+inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives
 
 do_compile () {
 	chmod a+rx *.pl *.sh