diff --git a/package/ima-evm-utils/ima-evm-utils.mk b/package/ima-evm-utils/ima-evm-utils.mk
index 7ee34d5e1a..01984402ce 100644
--- a/package/ima-evm-utils/ima-evm-utils.mk
+++ b/package/ima-evm-utils/ima-evm-utils.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ IMA_EVM_UTILS_VERSION = 1.4
 IMA_EVM_UTILS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/linux-ima/ima-evm-utils
 IMA_EVM_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 IMA_EVM_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+IMA_EVM_UTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 IMA_EVM_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf keyutils openssl tpm2-tss
 
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