diff --git a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
index 82624cb..bd97ed5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/staging.bbclass
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ sysroot_stage_dir() {
 	fi
 }
 
+sysroot_stage_dir_once() {
+	src="$1"
+	dest="$2"
+
+	src_b64=`echo $src | base64 -w 0`
+	for d in $staged_dirs; do
+	    if [ $d = $src_b64 ]; then
+	       echo "$src has been staged already"
+	       return
+	    fi
+	done
+	sysroot_stage_dir $src $dest
+	staged_dirs="$staged_dirs $src_b64"
+}
+
 sysroot_stage_libdir() {
 	src="$1"
 	dest="$2"
@@ -34,10 +49,11 @@ sysroot_stage_dirs() {
 
 	sysroot_stage_dir $from${includedir} $to${includedir}
 	if [ "${BUILD_SYS}" = "${HOST_SYS}" ]; then
-		sysroot_stage_dir $from${bindir} $to${bindir}
-		sysroot_stage_dir $from${sbindir} $to${sbindir}
-		sysroot_stage_dir $from${base_bindir} $to${base_bindir}
-		sysroot_stage_dir $from${base_sbindir} $to${base_sbindir}
+		staged_dirs=
+		sysroot_stage_dir_once $from${bindir} $to${bindir}
+		sysroot_stage_dir_once $from${sbindir} $to${sbindir}
+		sysroot_stage_dir_once $from${base_bindir} $to${base_bindir}
+		sysroot_stage_dir_once $from${base_sbindir} $to${base_sbindir}
 		sysroot_stage_dir $from${libexecdir} $to${libexecdir}
 		sysroot_stage_dir $from${sysconfdir} $to${sysconfdir}
 		sysroot_stage_dir $from${localstatedir} $to${localstatedir}