diff --git a/package/quota/quota.mk b/package/quota/quota.mk
index 8c7563d289..aafce0d1e9 100644
--- a/package/quota/quota.mk
+++ b/package/quota/quota.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ QUOTA_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/linuxquota/quota-tools/$(Q
 QUOTA_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-nfs-utils
 QUOTA_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 QUOTA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+# We're patching configure.ac
+QUOTA_AUTORECONF = YES
 QUOTA_LIBS = $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 QUOTA_CONF_OPTS = --disable-pie