diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 393f99564..45947b008 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ endef
 define AUTORECONF_HOOK
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Autoreconfiguring")
 	$(Q)cd $($(PKG)_SRCDIR) && $($(PKG)_AUTORECONF_ENV) $(AUTORECONF) $($(PKG)_AUTORECONF_OPTS)
-	$(call PATCH_LIBTOOL,$($(PKG)_SRCDIR))
 endef
 
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@@ -260,6 +259,10 @@ $(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += GETTEXTIZE_HOOK
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
 endif
 $(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += AUTORECONF_HOOK
+# default values are not evaluated yet, so don't rely on this defaulting to YES
+ifneq ($$($(2)_LIBTOOL_PATCH),NO)
+$(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += LIBTOOL_PATCH_HOOK
+endif
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-automake host-autoconf host-libtool
 endif