diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/fakeroot/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/fakeroot/meta
index 3fcc041cb9..12f8b73e45 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/fakeroot/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/fakeroot/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="fakeroot: provides a fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery."
 PKG_LONGDESC="fakeroot provides a fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"