diff --git a/packages/bison/build.sh b/packages/bison/build.sh
index 5a6c50c7f..a80dde831 100644
--- a/packages/bison/build.sh
+++ b/packages/bison/build.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=3.0.4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
+
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="M4=m4"