diff --git a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
index c38a7dbde3..2020e3f9ec 100644
--- a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
+++ b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@
 # proxychains-ng
 #
 #############################################################
+
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_VERSION = 4.4
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_SOURCE = proxychains-$(PROXYCHAINS_NG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PROXYCHAINS_NG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/proxychains-ng
 
-define PROXYCHAINS_NG_POST_INSTALL_TARGET
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/src/proxychains.conf \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/proxychains.conf
+define PROXYCHAINS_NG_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	cd $(@D) && \
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
 endef
 
-PROXYCHAINS_NG_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PROXYCHAINS_NG_POST_INSTALL_TARGET
+define PROXYCHAINS_NG_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
+endef
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+define PROXYCHAINS_NG_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install install-config
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))