diff --git a/package/libs/libnl/Makefile b/package/libs/libnl/Makefile
index 995fda207f..857bbe272c 100644
--- a/package/libs/libnl/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libnl/Makefile
@@ -18,16 +18,61 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
-define Package/libnl
+define Package/libnl/default
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  TITLE:=netlink socket library
-  DEPENDS:=+libpthread
   URL:=http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl/
 endef
 
+define Package/libnl-core
+$(call Package/libnl/default)
+  TITLE:=Core Netlink Library
+  DEPENDS:=+libpthread
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-genl
+$(call Package/libnl/default)
+  TITLE:=Generic Netlink Library
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-core
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-route
+$(call Package/libnl/default)
+  TITLE:=Routing Netlink Library
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-core
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-nf
+$(call Package/libnl/default)
+  TITLE:=Netfilter Netlink Library
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-route
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl
+$(call Package/libnl/default)
+  TITLE:=Full Netlink Library
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-genl +libnl-route +libnl-nf
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-core/description
+ Common code for all netlink libraries
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-genl/description
+ Generic Netlink Library Functions
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-route/description
+ Routing Netlink Library Functions
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-nf/description
+ Netfilter Netlink Library Functions
+endef
+
 define Package/libnl/description
- This package contains a library for applications dealing with netlink sockets
+ Socket handling, connection management, sending and receiving of data,
+ message construction and parsing, object caching system, etc.
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections $(FPIC)
@@ -40,18 +85,48 @@ define Build/Compile
 endef
 
 define Build/InstallDev
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/* $(1)/
-	mkdir -p $(1)/usr/include/libnl
-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/linux $(1)/usr/include/libnl/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libnl $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libnl3/* $(1)/usr/include/libnl/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/* $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+	# Copy symlinks
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl.so
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-genl-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-genl.so
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-nf-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-nf.so
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-route.so
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-core/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-3.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl.so
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-genl/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-genl-3.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-genl-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-genl.so
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-route/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-route.so
+endef
+
+define Package/libnl-nf/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-nf-3.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-nf-3.so $(1)/usr/lib/libnl-nf.so
 endef
 
 define Package/libnl/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-genl-3.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-nf-3.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-3.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	:
 endef
 
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnl-core))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnl-genl))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnl-route))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnl-nf))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnl))