diff --git a/utils/lm-sensors/Makefile b/utils/lm-sensors/Makefile
index c9cd8bbe3c..a0d2ddc846 100644
--- a/utils/lm-sensors/Makefile
+++ b/utils/lm-sensors/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lm-sensors
 PKG_VERSION:=3.3.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/groeck/lm-sensors.git
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=f8cdcc35bff0785aecf49d9a8484a71ce3ebee4f
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=892e9e2eed78e27fb7a08e8ce78b1164a3d101ba79a9e04f1c1273940d48cf17
+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+ LGPL-2.1+
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libsensors/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib/libsensors.so* $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lib/libsensors.so* $(1)/usr/lib
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,lm-sensors))