diff --git a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
index 5742ea6c55..7e0850422b 100644
--- a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
+++ b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 # variables used by other packages
 AUTOCONF = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoconf -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"
 AUTOHEADER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoheader -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"
-AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoreconf -f -i
+AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true GTKDOCIZE=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoreconf -f -i