diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/tinylogin/tinylogin_1.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/tinylogin/tinylogin_1.4.bb
index bad918c..478f69b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/tinylogin/tinylogin_1.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/tinylogin/tinylogin_1.4.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and groups on an embedded system."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://tinylogin.busybox.net/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM="file://LICENSE;md5=f1060fa3a366f098b5b1d8c2077ba269"
-PR = "r7"
+PR = "r8"
+
+inherit update-alternatives
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/sources/tinylogin-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
 	file://cvs-20040608.patch \
@@ -35,3 +37,12 @@ do_install () {
 		ln -sf /bin/tinylogin ${D}$i
 	done
 }
+
+do_install_append () {
+        mv ${D}${base_sbindir}/getty ${D}${base_sbindir}/getty.${PN}
+}
+
+ALTERNATIVE_NAME = "getty"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK = "${base_sbindir}/getty"
+ALTERNATIVE_PATH = "${base_sbindir}/getty.${PN}"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "80"