diff --git a/packages/debug/powertop/build b/packages/debug/powertop/build
index af3093299a..34a10c8a5c 100755
--- a/packages/debug/powertop/build
+++ b/packages/debug/powertop/build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 . config/options $1
+
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses"
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses"
 export LIBS="-ltinfo"
@@ -28,18 +29,18 @@ export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
-ln -sf $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/usr/include/ncurses.h src/
-
 ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --bindir=/usr/bin \
-            --with-sysroot=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
 
-make PREFIX=/usr \
-     CC="$TARGET_CC" \
-     AR="$TARGET_AR" \
-     CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS" \
-     CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS" \
+make V=1 CC="$HOST_CC" \
+         CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS" \
+         LDFLAGS="$HOST_LDFLAGS" \
+         LIBS="" \
+         AM_LDFLAGS="" \
+         -C src csstoh
+
+make V=1
diff --git a/packages/debug/powertop/install b/packages/debug/powertop/install
index fc3811fa6c..c62c9c95a2 100755
--- a/packages/debug/powertop/install
+++ b/packages/debug/powertop/install
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin/
-cp $PKG_BUILD/src/powertop $INSTALL/usr/bin/
-
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/src/powertop $INSTALL/usr/bin/
diff --git a/packages/debug/powertop/meta b/packages/debug/powertop/meta
index b2a1010221..b20e7065b4 100644
--- a/packages/debug/powertop/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/powertop/meta
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://01.org/powertop/"
 PKG_URL="https://01.org/powertop/sites/default/files/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses"
+PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses pciutils libnl"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses pciutils libnl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="powertop: tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management"
 PKG_LONGDESC="PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management. In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also has an interactive mode where the user can experiment various power management settings for cases where the Linux distribution has not enabled these settings."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"