diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
index 843024cfb0..8cdedf9005 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ubootchart/ubootchart_svn.bb
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/trunk"
 
 inherit update-alternatives
 
-ALTERNATIVE_NAME = "init"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK = "${base_sbindir}/init"
-ALTERNATIVE_PATH = "${base_sbindir}/ubootchartd"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init"
+ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[init] = "${base_sbindir}/ubootchartd"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[init] = "${base_sbindir}/init"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "70"
 
 do_compile() {