diff --git a/packages/audio/libmad/build b/packages/audio/libmad/build
index 29242d4410..0dfed46dc1 100755
--- a/packages/audio/libmad/build
+++ b/packages/audio/libmad/build
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+# some fixes for autoreconf
+  touch NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
+  do_autoreconf
+
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/audio/libmad/meta b/packages/audio/libmad/meta
index 03377838ff..8f0827a609 100644
--- a/packages/audio/libmad/meta
+++ b/packages/audio/libmad/meta
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="audio"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libmad: MPEG Audio Decoder"
 PKG_LONGDESC="MAD is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies, as well as the so-called MPEG 2.5 format. All three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III a.k.a. MP3) are fully implemented."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
\ No newline at end of file
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"