diff --git a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
index a2d046dcc2..352f69a53c 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
+++ b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MODEM_MANAGER_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPLv2+ (programs, plugins), LGPLv2+ (libmm-glib)
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf udev dbus-glib host-intltool
+MODEM_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER_LIBQMI),y)
 	MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libqmi