diff --git a/package/sdl/sdl.mk b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
index cf3366db0c..510acd99fd 100644
--- a/package/sdl/sdl.mk
+++ b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SDL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 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
+# autotools, so we have to do it manually instead of setting SDL_AUTORECONF = YES
 define SDL_RUN_AUTOGEN
 	cd $(@D) && PATH=$(HOST_PATH) ./autogen.sh
 endef