diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index 80928b6147..1d92f819f7 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MTD_SITE = ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils
 MTD_LICENSE = GPLv2
 MTD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+MTD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_MKFSJFFS2),y)
 MTD_DEPENDENCIES = zlib lzo
 endif
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ endef
 MKFS_JFFS2 = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/sbin/mkfs.jffs2
 SUMTOOL = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/sbin/sumtool
 
+MTD_STAGING_y = lib/libmtd.a ubi-utils/libubi.a
 MTD_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_DOCFDISK)		+= docfdisk
 MTD_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_DOC_LOADBIOS)	+= doc_loadbios
 MTD_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_FLASHCP)		+= flashcp
@@ -79,16 +82,17 @@ MTD_TARGETS_UBI_$(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_UBIBLOCK)	+= ubiblock
 MTD_TARGETS_y += $(addprefix ubi-utils/,$(MTD_TARGETS_UBI_y))
 MTD_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_MKFSUBIFS) += mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs
 
-# only call make if atleast a single tool is enabled
-ifneq ($(MTD_TARGETS_y),)
-
 define MTD_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE1) CROSS=$(TARGET_CROSS) \
 		BUILDDIR=$(@D) WITHOUT_XATTR=1 WITHOUT_LARGEFILE=1 -C $(@D) \
-		$(addprefix $(@D)/,$(MTD_TARGETS_y))
+		$(addprefix $(@D)/,$(MTD_TARGETS_y)) \
+		$(addprefix $(@D)/,$(MTD_STAGING_y))
 endef
 
-endif
+define MTD_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/lib/libmtd.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libmtd.a
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/ubi-utils/libubi.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libubi.a
+endef
 
 define MTD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
  for f in $(MTD_TARGETS_y) ; do \