diff --git a/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
index fc461cf663..9fa8b73ae3 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PKG_SHORTDESC="libirman library for lircd"
 PKG_LONGDESC="libirman library for lircd"
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-swtest"