diff --git a/packages/devel/file-host/build b/packages/devel/file-host/build
index f9fd8919b4..739ba94401 100755
--- a/packages/devel/file-host/build
+++ b/packages/devel/file-host/build
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ $SCRIPTS/unpack file
 setup_toolchain host
 
 cd $BUILD/file-*
-mkdir -p .build-host
-cd .build-host
+
+do_autoreconf
+mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
 ../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --enable-shared \
              --disable-static \
 
 make
-make install
\ No newline at end of file
+make install
diff --git a/packages/devel/file-host/meta b/packages/devel/file-host/meta
index 84e12e5961..776bb11429 100644
--- a/packages/devel/file-host/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/file-host/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="file: File type identification utility"
 PKG_LONGDESC="These are the sources to Darwin's file(1) utility and master magic(4) file, now maintained by Christos Zoulas. The file(1) utility is used to determine the types of various files."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"