diff --git a/package/quagga/quagga.mk b/package/quagga/quagga.mk
index 96a971104b..0b352aa367 100644
--- a/package/quagga/quagga.mk
+++ b/package/quagga/quagga.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 QUAGGA_VERSION = 1.2.4
 QUAGGA_SITE = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quagga
+QUAGGA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 QUAGGA_DEPENDENCIES = host-gawk host-pkgconf
 QUAGGA_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 QUAGGA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING