diff --git a/cross-openwrt-makefile b/cross-openwrt-makefile
index a46bdaff5..9f1a0fdb0 100644
--- a/cross-openwrt-makefile
+++ b/cross-openwrt-makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libwebsockets/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libwebsockets.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libwebsockets.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 define Package/libwebsockets-examples/install