diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/build
index 48ef600034..0f506d6b9d 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/build
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+touch NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog && do_autoreconf
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --localstatedir=/var \
             --enable-shared \
             --disable-static \
+            --with-sdl-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
index 4fec61c3fd..45bc5b6eb0 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libsdl_ttf: A library to use TrueType fonts in SDL applications"
 PKG_LONGDESC="This is a sample library which allows you to use TrueType fonts in your SDL applications. It comes with an example program 'showfont' which displays an example string for a given TrueType font file."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"