diff --git a/templates/syslinux/template b/templates/syslinux/template
index e9c80fd7b3..3726aad940 100644
--- a/templates/syslinux/template
+++ b/templates/syslinux/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Add_dependency build perl
 Add_dependency build nasm
 Add_dependency full glibc
 
-pre_configure()
+pre_build()
 {
 	# Disable this file which causes an error.
 	sed -i -e 's|win32/syslinux.exe||g' $wrksrc/Makefile