diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index 1f170dd91..99ab3877d 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ KMOD_VERSION = 18
 KMOD_SOURCE = kmod-$(KMOD_VERSION).tar.xz
 KMOD_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kernel/kmod
 KMOD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# For kmod-0002-add-backup-implementation-of-be32toh.patch
+KMOD_AUTORECONF = YES
 KMOD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 HOST_KMOD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf