diff --git a/harfbuzz.be0 b/harfbuzz.be0
index b5103fd4f..ebf6c846b 100755
--- a/harfbuzz.be0
+++ b/harfbuzz.be0
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-${PKGV
 
 # sourcesubdir_append src
 
+BEE_BUILDTYPE=autotools
 
 #mee_extract() {
 #    bee_extract "${@}"