diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index 424f0cc86e..3a0b1e5f51 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+mkdir -p m4 && do_autoreconf
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --disable-static \
             --enable-utf8 \
             --enable-unicode-properties \
+            --with-gnu-ld
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/meta b/packages/devel/pcre/meta
index a2b3196c0a..eaca718e4c 100644
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/meta
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pcre: Perl Compatible Regulat Expressions"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond to the POSIX regular expression API. The PCRE library is free, even for building commercial software."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
\ No newline at end of file
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"