diff --git a/dist/bin/dotc b/dist/bin/dotc
index b94fbe4ad95d..b442f27a36c5 100755
--- a/dist/bin/dotc
+++ b/dist/bin/dotc
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ classpathArgs () {
   toolchain+="$SBT_INTF$PSEP"
   toolchain+="$DOTTY_INTF$PSEP"
   toolchain+="$DOTTY_COMP$PSEP"
+  toolchain+="$DOTTY_STAGING$PSEP"
 
   # jine
   toolchain+="$JLINE_READER$PSEP"
diff --git a/dist/bin/dotd b/dist/bin/dotd
index 2cc6037dc46a..0475e81ad68a 100755
--- a/dist/bin/dotd
+++ b/dist/bin/dotd
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ ST4_LIB=$(find_lib "*ST4*")
 # Set jsoup dep:
 JSOUP_LIB=$(find_lib "*jsoup*")
 
-CLASS_PATH="$DOTTY_LIB$PSEP$DOTTY_COMP$PSEP$DOTTY_DOC_LIB$PSEP$DOTTY_INTF$PSEP$SBT_INTF"
+CLASS_PATH="$DOTTY_LIB$PSEP$DOTTY_COMP$PSEP$DOTTY_DOC_LIB$PSEP$DOTTY_INTF$PSEP$SBT_INTF$PSEP$DOTTY_STAGING"
 CLASS_PATH="$CLASS_PATH$PSEP$SCALA_LIB"
 CLASS_PATH="$CLASS_PATH$PSEP$FLEXMARK_LIBS"
 CLASS_PATH="$CLASS_PATH$PSEP$JACKSON_LIBS"
diff --git a/dist/bin/dotr b/dist/bin/dotr
index 0dd677bb48ee..5d8808a3ed4d 100755
--- a/dist/bin/dotr
+++ b/dist/bin/dotr
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ elif [ $execute_repl == true ] || [ ${#residual_args[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "warning: multiple classpaths are found, dotr only use the last one."
   fi
   if [ $with_compiler == true ]; then
-    cp_arg+="$PSEP$DOTTY_COMP$PSEP$DOTTY_INTF$PSEP$SCALA_ASM$DOTTY_STAGING"
+    cp_arg+="$PSEP$DOTTY_COMP$PSEP$DOTTY_INTF$PSEP$SCALA_ASM$PSEP$DOTTY_STAGING"
   fi
   eval exec "\"$JAVACMD\"" "$DEBUG"  "-classpath \"$cp_arg\"" "${jvm_options[@]}" "${residual_args[@]}"
 else
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index fb33f286fa02..f9f74e7b4462 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ object Build {
     def asDist(implicit mode: Mode): Project = project.
       enablePlugins(PackPlugin).
       withCommonSettings.
-      dependsOn(`dotty-interfaces`, dottyCompiler, dottyLibrary, dottyDoc).
+      dependsOn(`dotty-interfaces`, dottyCompiler, dottyLibrary, `dotty-staging`, dottyDoc).
       settings(commonDistSettings).
       bootstrappedSettings(
         target := baseDirectory.value / "target" // override setting in commonBootstrappedSettings
diff --git a/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
index 4f683aedb5c3..598cedf068e6 100755
--- a/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
+++ b/project/scripts/bootstrapCmdTests
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ clear_out "$OUT"
 ./bin/dotr -classpath "$OUT" "$MAIN" > "$tmp"
 test "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" = "$(cat "$tmp")"
 
+# check that `dotc` and `dotr` works for staging
+clear_out "$OUT"
+./bin/dotc tests/run-staging/i4044f.scala -d "$OUT"
+./bin/dotr -with-compiler -classpath "$OUT" Test > "$tmp"
+./bin/dotd -project Staging -siteroot "$OUT" "tests/run-staging/i4044f.scala"
+
 # check that `dotc -from-tasty` compiles and `dotr` runs it
 echo "testing ./bin/dotc -from-tasty and dotr -classpath"
 clear_out "$OUT1"