diff --git a/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/meta b/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/meta
index fafcfe7b6d..09840fa18e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="util-linux: Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among many features, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"