diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.11.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.11.bb
index 9b37dcdeba..5f88b30f1e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.11.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.11.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include cpio_v2.inc
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f27defe1e96c2e1ecd4e0c9be8967949"
 
-PR = "r3"
+PR = "r4"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://remove-gets.patch \
            "
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.8.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.8.bb
index cabc1cd605..b6da207b92 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.8.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require cpio_v2.inc
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b7f772ea3a2489231cb4872656cac34b"
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://m4extensions.patch \
     file://avoid_heap_overflow.patch \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_v2.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_v2.inc
index 3b3402b536..30446b0ced 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_v2.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_v2.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ inherit autotools gettext
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/cpio-${PV}"
 
+EXTRA_OECONF += "DEFAULT_RMT_DIR=${base_sbindir}"
+
 do_install () {
     autotools_do_install
     install -d ${D}${base_bindir}/
@@ -21,13 +23,18 @@ do_install () {
     rmdir ${D}${bindir}/
 }
 
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-rmt"
+
+FILES_${PN}-rmt = "${base_sbindir}/rmt*"
+
 inherit update-alternatives
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "cpio rmt"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "cpio"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-rmt = "rmt"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[cpio] = "${base_bindir}/cpio"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[rmt] = "50"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rmt] = "${libexecdir}/rmt"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rmt] = "${base_sbindir}/rmt"