diff --git a/package/setserial/setserial.mk b/package/setserial/setserial.mk
index 002bf21161..6567738e76 100644
--- a/package/setserial/setserial.mk
+++ b/package/setserial/setserial.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ SETSERIAL_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
 # make all also builds setserial.cat which needs nroff
 SETSERIAL_MAKE_OPTS = setserial
 
+SETSERIAL_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 # Extract the Debian tarball inside the sources
 define SETSERIAL_DEBIAN_EXTRACT
 	$(call suitable-extractor,$(notdir $(SETSERIAL_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS))) \