diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index acd67ee0f1..bc2966eed0 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ VLC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 VLC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 VLC_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+# Install vlc libraries in staging.
+VLC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
 # VLC defines two autoconf functions which are also defined by our own pkg.m4
 # from pkgconf. Unfortunately, they are defined in a different way: VLC adds
 # --enable- options, but pkg.m4 adds --with- options. To make sure we use