diff --git a/libs/libssh/Makefile b/libs/libssh/Makefile
index f241060d7..d9ec6440d 100644
--- a/libs/libssh/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libssh/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libssh/* $(1)/usr/include/libssh/
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libssh* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libssh* $(1)/usr/lib/
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/* $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libssh/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libssh* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libssh* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libssh))