diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-tools_1.2.5.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-tools_1.2.5.bb
index b0832f93c11..56acc84559d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-tools_1.2.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-tools_1.2.5.bb
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ python do_compile() {
 }
 
 python do_install() {
+    d.delVarFlag("autotools_do_install", "cleandirs")
     for subdir in d.getVar("PACKAGECONFIG").split():
         subdir = subdir.replace("--", "/")
         bb.note("Installing %s" % subdir)