Index: head/Mk/Uses/autoreconf.mk
===================================================================
--- head/Mk/Uses/autoreconf.mk
+++ head/Mk/Uses/autoreconf.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 .endif
 
 AUTORECONF?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/autoreconf
+AUTORECONF_WRKSRC?=	${WRKSRC}
 
 .endif
 
@@ -76,16 +77,16 @@
 do-autoreconf:
 .for f in AUTHORS ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README
 # Don't modify time stamps if the files already exist
-	@test -e ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC}/${f} || ${TOUCH} ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC}/${f}
+	@test -e ${AUTORECONF_WRKSRC}/${f} || ${TOUCH} ${AUTORECONF_WRKSRC}/${f}
 .endfor
 .if defined(_USE_GNOME) && ${_USE_GNOME:Mintltool}
-	@(cd ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC} && \
+	@(cd ${AUTORECONF_WRKSRC} && \
 		if test -f configure.ac; then configure=configure.ac; \
 		else configure=configure.in; fi && \
 		if ${EGREP} -q '^(AC|IT)_PROG_INTLTOOL' $${configure}; \
 		then ${LOCALBASE}/bin/intltoolize -f -c; fi)
 .endif
-	@(cd ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC} && ${AUTORECONF} -f -i)
+	@(cd ${AUTORECONF_WRKSRC} && ${AUTORECONF} -f -i)
 .endif
 
 .endif
Index: head/graphics/p5-ming/Makefile
===================================================================
--- head/graphics/p5-ming/Makefile
+++ head/graphics/p5-ming/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
+AUTORECONF_WRKSRC=	${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC}
 CONFIGURE_WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/perl_ext
 
Index: head/graphics/py-ming/Makefile
===================================================================
--- head/graphics/py-ming/Makefile
+++ head/graphics/py-ming/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 USES=		autoreconf libtool localbase python
 
+AUTORECONF_WRKSRC=	${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC}
 CONFIGURE_WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/py_ext