diff --git a/net/git/Makefile b/net/git/Makefile
index eea0593d7..30f8ebd57 100644
--- a/net/git/Makefile
+++ b/net/git/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=git
 PKG_VERSION:=2.3.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/software/scm/git/
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=e5880760d1f43f4f49b3bf94b9046eee
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
@@ -57,9 +58,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		configure
 
-	( cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-		./configure --prefix=/usr \
-	);
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default,)
 endef
 
 define Package/git/install
diff --git a/net/git/patches/300-configure_for_crosscompiling b/net/git/patches/300-configure_for_crosscompiling
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a62bcc938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/git/patches/300-configure_for_crosscompiling
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- git-2.3.0/configure.ac.old	2015-03-08 01:19:33.675810197 -0300
++++ git-2.3.0/configure.ac	2015-03-08 01:27:10.688033125 -0300
+@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@
+ 		FILE *f = fopen(".", "r");
+ 		return f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f)]])],
+ 	[ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no],
+-	[ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes])
++	[ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes],
++	[ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no])
+ ])
+ if test $ac_cv_fread_reads_directories = yes; then
+ 	FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=UnfortunatelyYes
+@@ -878,7 +879,8 @@
+ 		  if (snprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
+ 		      || strcmp(buf, "12")) return 1]])],
+ 	[ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no],
+-	[ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=yes])
++	[ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=yes],
++	[ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no])
+ ])
+ if test $ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus = yes; then
+ 	SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS=UnfortunatelyYes
+@@ -901,7 +903,8 @@
+ #endif
+ ]),
+ 	[ac_cv_sane_mode_bits=yes],
+-	[ac_cv_sane_mode_bits=no])
++	[ac_cv_sane_mode_bits=no],
++	[ac_cv_sane_mode_bits=yes])
+ ])
+ if test $ac_cv_sane_mode_bits = yes; then
+ 	NEEDS_MODE_TRANSLATION=