diff --git a/scripts/build/companion_tools/200-autoconf.sh b/scripts/build/companion_tools/200-autoconf.sh
index cd55a4fa..1d3317f3 100644
--- a/scripts/build/companion_tools/200-autoconf.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/companion_tools/200-autoconf.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ do_companion_tools_autoconf_get() {
 
 do_companion_tools_autoconf_extract() {
     CT_Extract "autoconf-${CT_AUTOCONF_VERSION}"
+    CT_DoExecLog ALL chmod -R u+w "${CT_SRC_DIR}/autoconf-${CT_AUTOCONF_VERSION}"
     CT_Patch "autoconf" "${CT_AUTOCONF_VERSION}"
 }