diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
index cc53aa848a..da301f1292 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/pkg-config/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pkg-config: A library configuration management system"
 PKG_LONGDESC="pkg-config is a system for managing library compile/link flags that works with automake and autoconf. It replaces the ubiquitous *-config scripts you may have seen with a single tool."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"