diff --git a/package/gettext/gettext.mk b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
index b6663a6f21..498dfab8c7 100644
--- a/package/gettext/gettext.mk
+++ b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ GETTEXT_SOURCE = gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION).tar.xz
 GETTEXT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GETTEXT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (libintl), GPL-3.0+ (the rest)
 GETTEXT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING gettext-runtime/intl/COPYING.LIB
-
+# 0002-Update-after-gnulib-changed.patch
+GETTEXT_AUTORECONF = YES
 GETTEXT_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 
 # Avoid using the bundled subset of libxml2