diff --git a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
index cfce8da923..f8f205e934 100644
--- a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
+++ b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ VALGRIND_LICENSE = GPLv2 GFDLv1.2
 VALGRIND_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.DOCS
 VALGRIND_CONF_OPTS = --disable-tls
 VALGRIND_AUTORECONF = YES
+VALGRIND_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 # On ARM, Valgrind only supports ARMv7, and uses the arch part of the
 # host tuple to determine whether it's being built for ARMv7 or