diff --git a/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-core_4.4.3.bb b/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-core_4.4.3.bb
index fcf04e98..7a86653b 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-core_4.4.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-core_4.4.3.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bba8f0e8dc8cf72f7a7ae4e8ce9c60f5bd315629421b9ec34818a28b8d
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep update-rc.d systemd
+inherit autotools-brokensep update-rc.d systemd update-alternatives
 
 DEPENDS = "gd unzip-native"
 
@@ -151,3 +151,7 @@ INITSCRIPT_NAME = "nagios"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults"
 
 CVE_PRODUCT = "nagios_core"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY_${PN} = '20'
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "nagios"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[nagios] = "${localstatedir}/nagios"
diff --git a/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-nrpe_3.2.1.bb b/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-nrpe_3.2.1.bb
index 3afa5dd9..04917f73 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-nrpe_3.2.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/nagios/nagios-nrpe_3.2.1.bb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8ad2d1846ab9011fdd2942b8fc0c99dfad9a97e57f4a3e6e394a4ead99
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep update-rc.d systemd
+inherit autotools-brokensep update-rc.d systemd update-alternatives
 
 # IP address of server which proxy should connect to
 MONITORING_PROXY_SERVER_IP ??= "192.168.7.2"
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@ SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE_${PN}-daemon = "enable"
 INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}-daemon"
 INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-daemon = "nrpe"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN}-daemon = "defaults"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-daemon = "nagios"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[nagios] = "${localstatedir}/nagios"