diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
index c277e2e018..4f670448cc 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+# create some files needed for autoreconf
+  touch NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
+  do_autoreconf
+
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --enable-xcf \
             --enable-xpm \
             --enable-xv \
+            --with-sdl-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/meta
index 9c8d37b6e8..128b81ab07 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libsdl_image: A cross-platform Graphic API"
 PKG_LONGDESC="SDL_image is an image loading library that is used with the SDL library, and almost as portable. It allows a programmer to use multiple image formats without having to code all the loading and conversion algorithms themselves."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"