diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index d56a7b0b2a..ad9a9b53f0 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
+$AUTORECONF
+
 ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1 \
 ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \