diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 1e24d9445..01b234a47 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ use_default := 1
 
 build-pkgs:
 ifneq (${MULTICALL}, y)
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p $(pkg))
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg))
 endif
 
 build-uutils:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45b6843a7..80ec9d344 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ $ cargo build --features "base32 cat echo rm" --no-default-features
 If you don't even want to build the multicall binary and would prefer to just
 build the utilities as individual binaries, that is possible too.  For example:
 ```bash
-$ cargo build -p base32 -p cat -p echo -p rm
+$ cargo build -p uu_base32 -p uu_cat -p uu_echo -p uu_rm
 ```
 
 ### GNU Make ###