diff --git a/package/sg3_utils/0001-support-uclinux-as-a-linux.patch b/package/sg3_utils/0001-support-uclinux-as-a-linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9106cd9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sg3_utils/0001-support-uclinux-as-a-linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Recognise uclinux as a linux
+
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+
+diff -durN sg3_utils-1.42.orig/configure.ac sg3_utils-1.42/configure.ac
+--- sg3_utils-1.42.orig/configure.ac	2015-10-21 01:10:59.000000000 +0200
++++ sg3_utils-1.42/configure.ac	2016-08-14 19:30:37.841766149 +0200
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
+ 
+ # Define platform-specific symbol.
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_FREEBSD, [echo $host_os | grep 'freebsd' > /dev/null])
+-AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_LINUX, [echo $host_os | grep '^linux' > /dev/null])
++AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_LINUX, [echo $host_os | grep -E '^(uc)?linux' > /dev/null])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_OSF, [echo $host_os | grep '^osf' > /dev/null])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_SOLARIS, [echo $host_os | grep '^solaris' > /dev/null])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_WIN32_MINGW, [echo $host_os | grep '^mingw' > /dev/null])
diff --git a/package/sg3_utils/sg3_utils.mk b/package/sg3_utils/sg3_utils.mk
index 36cb32e33a..e7af83a523 100644
--- a/package/sg3_utils/sg3_utils.mk
+++ b/package/sg3_utils/sg3_utils.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ SG3_UTILS_LICENSE += GPLv2+
 endif
 SG3_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING BSD_LICENSE
 
+# Patching configure.ac
+SG3_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 # install the libsgutils2 library
 SG3_UTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES