diff --git a/packages/devel/glib-host/build b/packages/devel/glib-host/build
index e4a7dba6ee..862b7a1111 100755
--- a/packages/devel/glib-host/build
+++ b/packages/devel/glib-host/build
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ export ZLIB_LIBS=""
 
 cd $BUILD/glib*
 
-mkdir -p .build-host
-
-cd .build-host
+do_autoreconf
+mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
 ../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --enable-shared \
              --disable-static \
diff --git a/packages/devel/glib-host/meta b/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
index 2594d8da4a..3c3e20260a 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus-host"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus-host gtk-doc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="glib-host: C support library"
 PKG_LONGDESC="GLib is a library which includes support routines for C such as lists, trees, hashes, memory allocation, and many other things."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"