diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/meta b/packages/textproc/libxml2/meta
index 14cc6eb076..c4ce32d021 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/meta
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="textproc"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libxml: XML parser library for Gnome"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The libxml package contains an XML library, which allows you to manipulate XML files. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a data format for structured document interchange via the Web."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"