diff --git a/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk b/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
index 14713c868e..8cb383dd16 100644
--- a/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
+++ b/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 MJPEGTOOLS_VERSION = 2.1.0
 MJPEGTOOLS_SITE = http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg/files/mjpegtools/$(MJPEGTOOLS_VERSION)
 MJPEGTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jpeg
+MJPEGTOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MJPEGTOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 MJPEGTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING