diff --git a/packages/lang/lua/meta b/packages/lang/lua/meta
index 1661d43aa8..df0f638fbd 100644
--- a/packages/lang/lua/meta
+++ b/packages/lang/lua/meta
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="lua: A lightweight, extensible programming language"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
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+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"