diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index 020e218096..717cf53a88 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ endef
 endif
 
 #
-# Endianess
+# Endianness
 #
 
 ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENDIAN)),BIG)
@@ -553,5 +553,8 @@ uclibc-menuconfig: uclibc-patch
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))
 
+uclibc-update-config: $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.stamp_configured
+	cp -f $(UCLIBC_DIR)/.config $(UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE)
+
 # Before uClibc is built, we must have the second stage cross-compiler
 $(UCLIBC_TARGET_BUILD): | host-gcc-intermediate