diff --git a/package/sawman/sawman.mk b/package/sawman/sawman.mk
index d807bb48fa..00516ca688 100644
--- a/package/sawman/sawman.mk
+++ b/package/sawman/sawman.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SAWMAN_VERSION = 1.6.3
 SAWMAN_SOURCE = SaWMan-$(SAWMAN_VERSION).tar.gz
 SAWMAN_SITE = http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Extras
 SAWMAN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+SAWMAN_AUTORECONF = YES
 SAWMAN_DEPENDENCIES = directfb
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))