diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/meta
index 3334913ce6..c3567fed64 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="m4: The m4 macro processor"
 PKG_LONGDESC="GNU 'M4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). 'M4' also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU 'M4' for generating 'configure' scripts, but not for running them."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"