diff --git a/package/busybox/Config.in b/package/busybox/Config.in
index daf33d265..5ea1c277c 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/Config.in
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ config BR2_BUSYBOX_VERSION
 	default "1.9.2"		if BR2_BUSYBOX_VERSION_1_9_X
 
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_INSTALL_SYMLINKS
-	bool "Install symlinks for BusyBox applets"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_FULLINSTALL
+	bool "Run BusyBox's own full installation"
 	depends BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
 	default y
 	help
-	  If you want to automatically install symlinks for all the
-	  supported applets to the busybox binary, then answer Y.
+	  If you want to run BusyBox's own full install for the
+	  configured applets, then answer Y.
 
 	  This may overwrite files from other packages if your
 	  busybox includes replacement applets for the package.
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 80e26b590..c616e451d 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_IMA)$(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SNAPSHOT),yy)
 endif
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/busybox: $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/busybox
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_INSTALL_SYMLINKS),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_FULLINSTALL),y)
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
 		CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" PREFIX="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
 		ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) \