diff --git a/packages/devel/file/meta b/packages/devel/file/meta
index 48627b5e38..0630a1affa 100644
--- a/packages/devel/file/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/file/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="file: File type identification utility"
 PKG_LONGDESC="These are the sources to Darwin's file(1) utility and master magic(4) file, now maintained by Christos Zoulas. The file(1) utility is used to determine the types of various files."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"