diff --git a/scripts/autoreconf b/scripts/autoreconf
index 38ab044005..d2da9f8a82 100755
--- a/scripts/autoreconf
+++ b/scripts/autoreconf
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@
 
 [ ! -f "$PKG_BUILD/configure.in" -a ! -f "$PKG_BUILD/configure.ac" ] && echo "configure.in or configure.ac not found" && exit 1
 
-printf "%${BUILD_INDENT}c ${boldmagenta}AUTORECONF${endcolor}   $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 export BUILD_INDENT=$((${BUILD_INDENT:-1}+$BUILD_INDENT_SIZE))
 
 touch $PKG_BUILD/NEWS $PKG_BUILD/AUTHORS $PKG_BUILD/ChangeLog
 mkdir -p $PKG_BUILD/m4
-do_autoreconf $PKG_BUILD
+if [ ! -f $PKG_BUILD/.autoreconf-done ] ; then
+  printf "%${BUILD_INDENT}c ${boldmagenta}AUTORECONF${endcolor}   $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+  do_autoreconf $PKG_BUILD
+  touch $PKG_BUILD/.autoreconf-done
+fi
 
 exit 0