diff --git a/meta-ros-common/recipes-extended/geographiclib/geographiclib_1.48.bb b/meta-ros-common/recipes-extended/geographiclib/geographiclib_1.48.bb
index 052cf16d699..d8bff5f05ea 100644
--- a/meta-ros-common/recipes-extended/geographiclib/geographiclib_1.48.bb
+++ b/meta-ros-common/recipes-extended/geographiclib/geographiclib_1.48.bb
@@ -24,3 +24,21 @@ FILES_${PN}-node = "${libdir}/node_modules"
 FILES_${PN}-python = "${libdir}/python"
 
 inherit cmake
+
+# enable both shared and static libraries (static is required by robot-localization-2.6.9-1 in melodic)
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DGEOGRAPHICLIB_LIB_TYPE=BOTH"
+
+# stage bindir to keep CMake happy
+# | -- Reading /jenkins/mjansa/build/ros/webos-melodic-hardknott/tmp-glibc/work/qemux86-webos-linux/robot-localization/2.6.9-1-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/lib/cmake/GeographicLib/geographiclib-config.cmake
+# | -- GeographicLib configuration, version 1.48
+# | CMake Error at /jenkins/mjansa/build/ros/webos-melodic-hardknott/tmp-glibc/work/qemux86-webos-linux/robot-localization/2.6.9-1-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/lib/cmake/GeographicLib/geographiclib-targets.cmake:123 (message):
+# |   The imported target "CartConvert" references the file
+# |
+# |      "/jenkins/mjansa/build/ros/webos-melodic-hardknott/tmp-glibc/work/qemux86-webos-linux/robot-localization/2.6.9-1-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/bin/CartConvert"
+# |
+# |   but this file does not exist.  Possible reasons include:
+# OE doesn't stage ${bindir} for target recipes, but in this case the CartConvert isn't
+# being called during the cross-build, so we can include it just to keep CMake happy
+sysroot_stage_all_append() {
+    sysroot_stage_dir ${D}${bindir} ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir}
+}