diff --git a/package/cfm/cfm.mk b/package/cfm/cfm.mk
index a998bb11ca..850b8d604c 100644
--- a/package/cfm/cfm.mk
+++ b/package/cfm/cfm.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CFM_SITE = $(call github,microchip-ung,cfm,v$(CFM_VERSION))
 CFM_DEPENDENCIES = libev libmnl libnl
 CFM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 CFM_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+CFM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 define CFM_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(CFM_PKGDIR)/S65cfm \
diff --git a/package/mrp/Config.in b/package/mrp/Config.in
index 0ca18a4ef2..ac42fa4773 100644
--- a/package/mrp/Config.in
+++ b/package/mrp/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MRP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CFM
 	help
 	  This is the userspace application that configures the kernel
 	  to run MRP protocol. The userspace application is made of 2
diff --git a/package/mrp/mrp.hash b/package/mrp/mrp.hash
index 02a848c7eb..47cf461882 100644
--- a/package/mrp/mrp.hash
+++ b/package/mrp/mrp.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # locally calculated
-sha256  1a6c76d058bb425a7ec8b69a65de797650961161ec016b51ac8a1965e1ac304f  mrp-1.1.tar.gz
+sha256  2b960d14c861b4e0332f411440b41a9c1c06ecce8ed6197944a74b1c8279c1cc  mrp-1.2.tar.gz
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/mrp/mrp.mk b/package/mrp/mrp.mk
index 7e31e442ce..213afbcdf5 100644
--- a/package/mrp/mrp.mk
+++ b/package/mrp/mrp.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MRP_VERSION = 1.1
+MRP_VERSION = 1.2
 MRP_SITE = $(call github,microchip-ung,mrp,v$(MRP_VERSION))
-MRP_DEPENDENCIES = libev libmnl libnl
+MRP_DEPENDENCIES = libev libmnl libnl cfm
 MRP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 MRP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE