diff --git a/utils/btrfs-progs/Makefile b/utils/btrfs-progs/Makefile
index 25d077115..167c51c85 100644
--- a/utils/btrfs-progs/Makefile
+++ b/utils/btrfs-progs/Makefile
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ define Package/btrfs-progs/config
 	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
 endef
 
-progs = btrfs btrfs-find-root btrfs-image btrfs-map-logical \
-	btrfs-select-super btrfstune mkfs.btrfs
+boxprogs = btrfsck mkfs.btrfs btrfs-image btrfstune btrfs-find-root
+progs = btrfs-map-logical btrfs-select-super
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--as-needed
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_BTRFS_PROGS_ZSTD),y)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-zstd
 endif
 
+MAKE_INSTALL_FLAGS += BUILD_PROGRAMS=0
+
+Build/Compile=$(call Build/Compile/Default,btrfs.box $(progs))
+
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(1)/usr/include/
@@ -72,8 +76,9 @@ define Package/btrfs-progs/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libbtrfs.so* $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libbtrfsutil.so* $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(addprefix $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/, $(progs)) $(1)/usr/bin/
-	$(LN) btrfs $(1)/usr/bin/btrfsck
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/btrfs.box $(1)/usr/bin/btrfs
+	$(foreach prog,$(boxprogs),$(LN) btrfs $(1)/usr/bin/$(prog);)
+	$(foreach prog,$(progs),$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(prog) $(1)/usr/bin/;)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/btrfs-scan.init $(1)/etc/init.d/btrfs-scan
 endef