diff --git a/package/libs/uclient/Makefile b/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
index 256c172f51..3f417fcd6d 100644
--- a/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/uclient/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ define Package/uclient-fetch
   SECTION:=net
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=Tiny wget replacement using libuclient
+  ALTERNATIVES:=200:/usr/bin/wget:/bin/uclient-fetch
+  PROVIDES:=wget
   DEPENDS:=+libuclient
 endef
 
@@ -43,7 +45,6 @@ endef
 define Package/uclient-fetch/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/uclient-fetch $(1)/bin/
-	ln -s uclient-fetch $(1)/bin/wget
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libuclient))