diff --git a/package/pcre/pcre.mk b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
index f4f85c2496..4ff7abd874 100644
--- a/package/pcre/pcre.mk
+++ b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ PCRE_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UTF),--enable-utf,--disable-utf)
 PCRE_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP),--enable-unicode-properties,--disable-unicode-properties)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))