diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index 2fcb8a55cc..a438f96e87 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ if [ "${OEM}" = "yes" -o "${OEM}" = "no" ]; then
   OEM_SUPPORT="${OEM}"
 fi
 
+# use /bin/dash as config shell if installed on the build host
+if [ -z "${CONFIG_SHELL}" ] && [ -x "/bin/dash" ]; then
+  export CONFIG_SHELL="/bin/dash"
+fi
+
 check_config
 
 . config/graphic
diff --git a/config/show_config b/config/show_config
index d1da4dac05..fd29a40ad5 100644
--- a/config/show_config
+++ b/config/show_config
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ show_config() {
   config_message+="\n - CFLAGS:\t\t\t\t ${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
   config_message+="\n - LDFLAGS:\t\t\t\t $(sed 's/^ *//' <<< ${TARGET_LDFLAGS})"
   config_message+="\n - Local Ccache:\t\t\t ${LOCAL_CCACHE:-no}"
+  config_message+="\n - CONFIG_SHELL:\t\t\t ${CONFIG_SHELL:-auto}"
 
   # Misc. hardware configuration
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/argtable2/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/argtable2/package.mk
index 37c65723f8..5f9ea0e00e 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/argtable2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/argtable2/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://argtable.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/argtable/argtable/argtable-${PKG_VERSION}/argtable2-${PKG_VERSION:2:4}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Argtable is an open source ANSI C library that parses GNU-style command-line options."
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libdaemon/package.mk b/packages/devel/libdaemon/package.mk
index 1dc8790b76..93a42a7f3d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libdaemon/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libdaemon/package.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/"
 PKG_URL="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="autotools:host make:host sed:host gcc:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A lightweight C library which eases the writing of UNIX daemons."
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=no \
                            --enable-static \