diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-devtools/gst1-devtools.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-devtools/gst1-devtools.mk
index 23b4d5ab8f..c88d4c0378 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-devtools/gst1-devtools.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-devtools/gst1-devtools.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ GST1_DEVTOOLS_SOURCE = gst-devtools-$(GST1_DEVTOOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
 GST1_DEVTOOLS_SITE = https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-devtools
 GST1_DEVTOOLS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 GST1_DEVTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = validate/COPYING
+GST1_DEVTOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 GST1_DEVTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	gstreamer1 \