diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3.inc b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3.inc
index 22a40d8f05..e0c4ccb11b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+3.inc
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^gtk3-immodule-.* ^gtk3-printbackend-.*"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "gtk-update-icon-cache"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[gtk-update-icon-cache] = "${bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "30"
 
 python populate_packages_prepend () {
     import os.path