diff --git a/package/libiscsi/libiscsi.mk b/package/libiscsi/libiscsi.mk
index 5a29923324..eddde33ec9 100644
--- a/package/libiscsi/libiscsi.mk
+++ b/package/libiscsi/libiscsi.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ LIBISCSI_LICENSE         = GPLv2+ LGPLv2.1+
 LIBISCSI_LICENSE_FILES   = COPYING LICENCE-GPL-2.txt LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt
 LIBISCSI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBISCSI_DEPENDENCIES    = popt
+# fixes MIPS64 link failure
+LIBISCSI_AUTORECONF      = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))