diff --git a/package/lttng-tools/lttng-tools.mk b/package/lttng-tools/lttng-tools.mk
index 59f64cc404..0898f09549 100644
--- a/package/lttng-tools/lttng-tools.mk
+++ b/package/lttng-tools/lttng-tools.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 LTTNG_TOOLS_VERSION = 2.10.1
 LTTNG_TOOLS_SITE = http://lttng.org/files/lttng-tools
 LTTNG_TOOLS_SOURCE = lttng-tools-$(LTTNG_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LTTNG_TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LTTNG_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+ (include/lttng/*, src/lib/lttng-ctl/*)
 LTTNG_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = gpl-2.0.txt lgpl-2.1.txt LICENSE
 LTTNG_TOOLS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-man-pages