diff --git a/community/cfengine/APKBUILD b/community/cfengine/APKBUILD
index 043f5443806..e93bb2b568e 100644
--- a/community/cfengine/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/cfengine/APKBUILD
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ masterfiles() {
 	depends="cfengine"
 
 	cd "$_builddirmasterfiles"
+	update_config_guess || return 1
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/var/lib/cfengine \
 		|| return 1