diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index a52b0799ca..a972325846 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ POPPLER_SITE = http://poppler.freedesktop.org
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES = fontconfig
 POPPLER_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 POPPLER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+POPPLER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS = --with-font-configuration=fontconfig
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LCMS2),y)