diff --git a/package/ser2net/ser2net.mk b/package/ser2net/ser2net.mk
index 588571c691..23ae48a152 100644
--- a/package/ser2net/ser2net.mk
+++ b/package/ser2net/ser2net.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SER2NET_VERSION = 2.8
+SER2NET_VERSION = 2.9
 SER2NET_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ser2net/ser2net
+# shipped configure script is broken (libtool version error)
+SER2NET_AUTORECONF = YES
 SER2NET_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 SER2NET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING