diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-0001-pthread-needed-for-libusb.patch b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-0001-pthread-needed-for-libusb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acb777aa44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-0001-pthread-needed-for-libusb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+configure.ac: explicitly add pthread cflags/libs in the libusb test
+
+If libusb-config does not exist, LIBUSB_CFLAGS and PTHREAD_CFLAGS will be
+empty, and the test for libusb will be performed without additional flags.
+However, when libusb needs threads, some extra flags are needed (depending
+on the platform), like -pthreads, -lpthread, etc. Without these flags, the
+test for libusb_init() will fail to link correctly, and pcsc-lite will fail
+detecting libusb.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
+
+Upstream-status: will be submitted
+
+---
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ if test "x$use_libusb" != xno ; then
+ 	saved_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+ 	saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
+ 
+-	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $LIBUSB_CFLAGS"
+-	LIBS="$LDFLAGS $LIBUSB_LIBS"
++	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $LIBUSB_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
++	LIBS="$LDFLAGS $LIBUSB_LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
+ 
+ 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(libusb.h, [],
+ 		[ AC_MSG_ERROR([libusb.h not found, use ./configure LIBUSB_CFLAGS=...]) ])
diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
index afbe822561..7048573b19 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PCSC_LITE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 PCSC_LITE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 PCSC_LITE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+PCSC_LITE_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # - libudev and libusb are optional
 # - libudev and libusb can't be used together