diff --git a/main/augeas/APKBUILD b/main/augeas/APKBUILD
index 5d8984c464b..22941ce6b2e 100644
--- a/main/augeas/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/augeas/APKBUILD
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ source="http://download.augeas.net/augeas-$pkgver.tar.gz
 builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 options="!checkroot"
 
+prepare() {
+	default_prepare
+	autoreconf -f -i
+}
+
 build() {
 	cd "$builddir"
 
-	autoreconf -f -i
-
 	./configure \
 		--build=$CBUILD \
 		--host=$CHOST \