diff --git a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
index b9ec0c0ace..fdf66c8e94 100644
--- a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
+++ b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.22
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION = $(ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/adwaita-icon-theme/$(ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SOURCE = adwaita-icon-theme-$(ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION).tar.xz
+ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE = LGPLv3 or CC-BY-SA-3.0
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING_LGPL COPYING_CCBYSA3
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-libgtk3