diff --git a/package/libusb-compat/Config.in b/package/libusb-compat/Config.in
index 076d7b8d77..5efa9bbe3d 100644
--- a/package/libusb-compat/Config.in
+++ b/package/libusb-compat/Config.in
@@ -5,3 +5,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT
 	  libusb-0.1 compatibility layer for libusb-1.0.
 
 	  http://libusb.info/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT_EXAMPLES
+	bool "build libusb-compat examples"
+	help
+	  Build and install the libusb-compat example programs (lsusb,
+	  testlibusb and hotplug_monitor) in
+	  /usr/libexec/libusb-compat/examples.
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/libusb-compat/libusb-compat.mk b/package/libusb-compat/libusb-compat.mk
index 4e78a213b7..c8dabe2068 100644
--- a/package/libusb-compat/libusb-compat.mk
+++ b/package/libusb-compat/libusb-compat.mk
@@ -20,5 +20,19 @@ LIBUSB_COMPAT_CONF_ENV += \
 			   |sed -r -e '/\(SONAME\)/!d; s/.*\[(.+)\]$$/\1/'`
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT_EXAMPLES),y)
+LIBUSB_COMPAT_CONF_OPTS += --enable-examples-build
+# Examples are not installed by upstream, and their names conflict
+# with other packages (e.g. lsusb, testlibusb), so install them in a
+# package-specific directory.
+define LIBUSB_COMPAT_INSTALL_TARGET_EXAMPLES
+	$(foreach example,lsusb testlibusb hotplug_monitor,
+		$(INSTALL) -D -m0755 $(@D)/examples/$(example) \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/libusb-compat/examples/$(example)
+	)
+endef
+LIBUSB_COMPAT_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBUSB_COMPAT_INSTALL_TARGET_EXAMPLES
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))