diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.62.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.62.bb
index dc6a1530ba..66a017a864 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.62.bb
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/apache2/apache2_2.4.62.bb
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 91 20"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "apache2.service"
 SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:${PN} = "enable"
 
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "httpd"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[httpd] = "${sbindir}/httpd"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[httpd] = "60"
 ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-doc = "htpasswd.1"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[htpasswd.1] = "${mandir}/man1/htpasswd.1"