diff --git a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
index 0ef69c46bc..b12c9780ef 100644
--- a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
+++ b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libglib2
 GLIB_NETWORKING_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
 GLIB_NETWORKING_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+GLIB_NETWORKING_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+	GIO_MODULE_DIR=/usr/lib/gio/modules install
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
 GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls