diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 432b27f657..ddff9bfbce 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ endif
 ifndef $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 define $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $$($$(PKG)_MAKE_ENV) $$($$(PKG)_MAKE) $$($$(PKG)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT) -C $$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR)
-	find $$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib* -name "*.la" | xargs \
+	find $$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib* -name "*.la" | xargs --no-run-if-empty \
 		$$(SED) "s:$$(BASE_DIR):@BASE_DIR@:g" \
 			-e "s:$$(STAGING_DIR):@STAGING_DIR@:g" \
 			-e "s:\(['= ]\)/usr:\\1@STAGING_DIR@/usr:g" \