diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/meson.build b/lib/librte_lpm/meson.build
index af88a97ec1..8e4eb7c310 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/meson.build
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@
 version = 2
 sources = files('rte_lpm.c', 'rte_lpm6.c')
 headers = files('rte_lpm.h', 'rte_lpm6.h')
+# since header files have different names, we can install all vector headers
+# without worrying about which architecture we actually need
+headers += files('rte_lpm_altivec.h', 'rte_lpm_neon.h', 'rte_lpm_sse.h')
 deps += ['compat']