diff --git a/package/sdl/sdl.mk b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
index a30a31eea5..ba5fbca020 100644
--- a/package/sdl/sdl.mk
+++ b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SDL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # we're patching configure.in, but package cannot autoreconf with our version of
 # autotools, so we have to do it manually instead of setting SD_AUTORECONF = YES
 define SDL_RUN_AUTOGEN
-	cd $(@D) && ./autogen.sh
+	cd $(@D) && PATH=$(HOST_PATH) ./autogen.sh
 endef
 
 SDL_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += SDL_RUN_AUTOGEN