diff --git a/package/tinycompress/tinycompress.mk b/package/tinycompress/tinycompress.mk
index 062233ec80..c9cfbb574b 100644
--- a/package/tinycompress/tinycompress.mk
+++ b/package/tinycompress/tinycompress.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ TINYCOMPRESS_SOURCE = tinycompress-$(TINYCOMPRESS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 TINYCOMPRESS_SITE = https://www.alsa-project.org/files/pub/tinycompress
 TINYCOMPRESS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause and LGPL-2.1
 TINYCOMPRESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+TINYCOMPRESS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))