diff --git a/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.hash b/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.hash
index d71e8d00a4..91e39d68ee 100644
--- a/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.hash
+++ b/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 2e9b131324cec9d27840179daa35e3159a4032ff78b74e301850faa007567d0e kexec-lite-87d044a895b1c004320a2676099a54a5a2a74f2e.tar.gz
+sha256 6eb115c8db3a071b970d7ba985ea5e2425e1e716952186f9a4fe329a2e2bb1ca kexec-lite-18ec88310c4134eca2f9e3c417cd09f5914bf633.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.mk b/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.mk
index 8e1ad8d52d..e44c6df8f2 100644
--- a/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.mk
+++ b/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.mk
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-KEXEC_LITE_VERSION = 87d044a895b1c004320a2676099a54a5a2a74f2e
+KEXEC_LITE_VERSION = 18ec88310c4134eca2f9e3c417cd09f5914bf633
 KEXEC_LITE_SITE = $(call github,antonblanchard,kexec-lite,$(KEXEC_LITE_VERSION))
 KEXEC_LITE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 KEXEC_LITE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 KEXEC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES = elfutils dtc
+KEXEC_LITE_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-define KEXEC_LITE_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) all
-endef
-
-define KEXEC_LITE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/kexec $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/kexec
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(autotools-package))