diff --git a/package/biosdevname/biosdevname.mk b/package/biosdevname/biosdevname.mk
index 6036e24c09..574608c508 100644
--- a/package/biosdevname/biosdevname.mk
+++ b/package/biosdevname/biosdevname.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ BIOSDEVNAME_LICENSE = GPL
 BIOSDEVNAME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 BIOSDEVNAME_CONF_OPTS = --exec-prefix=/
 BIOSDEVNAME_DEPENDENCIES = pciutils udev zlib
+BIOSDEVNAME_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))