diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index 07a134778..e6af7e297 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ COREUTILS_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_c_restrict=no \
 		gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=yes \
 		gl_cv_func_working_utimes=yes \
 		gl_getline_needs_run_time_check=no \
+		gl_cv_have_proc_uptime=yes \
 		utils_cv_localtime_cache=no \
 		PERL=missing