diff --git a/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk b/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
index 666346be0e..1a27a779f9 100644
--- a/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
+++ b/package/font-awesome/font-awesome.mk
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ FONT_AWESOME_LICENSE = OFL-1.1 (font), MIT (CSS, LESS and Sass files)
 FONT_AWESOME_DIRECTORIES_LIST = css fonts less scss
 
 define FONT_AWESOME_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/font-awesome/
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/font-awesome/
 	$(foreach d,$(FONT_AWESOME_DIRECTORIES_LIST),\
-		cp -dpfr $(@D)/$(d) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/font-awesome$(sep))
+		cp -dpfr $(@D)/$(d) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/fonts/font-awesome$(sep))
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))