diff --git a/package/numactl/numactl.mk b/package/numactl/numactl.mk
index 18da047557..c9ea9459a3 100644
--- a/package/numactl/numactl.mk
+++ b/package/numactl/numactl.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NUMACTL_VERSION = 2.0.10
 NUMACTL_SITE = ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download
 NUMACTL_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1 (libnuma), GPLv2 (programs)
 NUMACTL_LICENSE_FILES = README
+NUMACTL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 # numactl tarball doesn't contain a pregenerated configure script.
 NUMACTL_AUTORECONF = YES