diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/mktemp/mktemp_1.7.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/mktemp/mktemp_1.7.bb
index d22668ca6a..9accc6eed6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/mktemp/mktemp_1.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/mktemp/mktemp_1.7.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ do_install_append () {
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "mktemp"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[mktemp] = "${base_bindir}/mktemp"
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "200"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "60"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-doc = "mktemp.1"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY_${PN}-doc = "300"