diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index 20a7cd07ef..9cba243372 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ NFTABLES_SITE = https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files
 NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = libmnl libnftnl host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 NFTABLES_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 NFTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+NFTABLES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NFTABLES_SELINUX_MODULES = iptables
 
 # Python bindings are handled by package nftables-python