diff --git a/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk b/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
index 0158c9f09..c43e4cbba 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 XCB_UTIL_VERSION = 0.3.6
 XCB_UTIL_SOURCE = xcb-util-$(XCB_UTIL_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XCB_UTIL_SITE = http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/
+XCB_UTIL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 XCB_UTIL_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))