diff --git a/base/util-linux/util-linux.conf b/base/util-linux/util-linux.conf
index 816a06fdc..a8f6da627 100644
--- a/base/util-linux/util-linux.conf
+++ b/base/util-linux/util-linux.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../util-linux/util-linux.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2014 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
         set_confopt
 fi
 
+# regenerate autotools infrastructure to avoid version mismatch
+autogen=1
+
 # HACK: avoid spontaneous aclocal call
 hook_add premake 5 'touch aclocal.m4'
 
diff --git a/base/util-linux/util-linux.desc b/base/util-linux/util-linux.desc
index 574772aa3..2f9209ca5 100644
--- a/base/util-linux/util-linux.desc
+++ b/base/util-linux/util-linux.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../util-linux/util-linux.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2008 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2008 - 2014 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY]
 [COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 [COPY]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.23.2
+[V] 2.24
 [P] X -1-3-----9 179.200
 
-[D] 1845457113 util-linux-2.23.2.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.23/
+[D] 2395899148 util-linux-2.24.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.24/