diff --git a/packages/tools/e2fsprogs/meta b/packages/tools/e2fsprogs/meta
index 1f7e64be27..6dc574cb64 100644
--- a/packages/tools/e2fsprogs/meta
+++ b/packages/tools/e2fsprogs/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="e2fsprogs: Utilities for use with the ext2 filesystem"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The filesystem utilities for the EXT2 filesystem, including e2fsck, mke2fs, dumpe2fs, fsck, and others."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"