diff --git a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
index 4ef0a6f40d..7681e906b1 100644
--- a/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
+++ b/package/fluidsynth/fluidsynth.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION = 2.1.0
 FLUIDSYNTH_SITE = $(call github,FluidSynth,fluidsynth,v$(FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION))
 FLUIDSYNTH_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 FLUIDSYNTH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+FLUIDSYNTH_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FLUIDSYNTH_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_ALSA_LIB),y)