diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
index ba4e7a4ae0..7467f13b39 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += systemd journald
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DOCKER_INIT),y)
+define DOCKER_ENGINE_INIT
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/docker
+	ln -sf ../../bin/tini $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/docker/docker-init
+endef
+DOCKER_ENGINE_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += DOCKER_ENGINE_INIT
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DRIVER_BTRFS),y)
 DOCKER_ENGINE_TAGS += exclude_graphdriver_btrfs
 endif
diff --git a/package/tini/tini.mk b/package/tini/tini.mk
index 83e86237d4..c195c69023 100644
--- a/package/tini/tini.mk
+++ b/package/tini/tini.mk
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ endef
 
 define TINI_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/bin/tini $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/tini
-	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/docker
-	ln -sf ../../bin/tini $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/docker/docker-init
 endef
 
 # Tini's CMakeLists.txt is not suitable for Buildroot.