diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cgdb/cgdb_0.8.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cgdb/cgdb_0.8.0.bb
index 922dfc7763..fbd3618b4f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cgdb/cgdb_0.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/cgdb/cgdb_0.8.0.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI = "http://cgdb.me/files/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://0001-cgdb-Do-not-search-for-cgdb.txt-in-build-dir.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0d38b524d377257b106bad6d856d8ae3304140e1ee24085343e6ddf1b65811f1"
 
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "-I config"
+
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS = "ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_rl_version=6.2 ac_cv_file__proc_self_status=yes"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-readline=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
     --with-ncurses=${STAGING_LIBDIR}"