diff --git a/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk b/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
index ec83d7d1dd..c246b08513 100644
--- a/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
+++ b/package/wolfssl/wolfssl.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 WOLFSSL_VERSION = 3.14.0
 WOLFSSL_SITE = https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/archive
 WOLFSSL_SOURCE = v$(WOLFSSL_VERSION)-stable.tar.gz
+WOLFSSL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 WOLFSSL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 WOLFSSL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSING