diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhugetlbfs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhugetlbfs/package.py
index ba0bd486808..82d96be232d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhugetlbfs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhugetlbfs/package.py
@@ -6,16 +6,26 @@
 from spack.package import *
 
 
-class Libhugetlbfs(MakefilePackage):
+class Libhugetlbfs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libhugetlbfs is a library which provides easy access
     to huge pages of memory."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs"
-    url = "https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs/releases/download/2.22/libhugetlbfs-2.22.tar.gz"
+    url = "https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs/releases/download/2.24/libhugetlbfs-2.24.tar.gz"
 
     license("LGPL-2.1-or-later")
 
-    version("2.22", sha256="94dca9ea2c527cd77bf28904094fe4708865a85122d416bfccc8f4b73b9a6785")
+    version("2.24", sha256="d501dfa91c8ead1106967a3d3829f2ba738c3fac0a65cb358ed2ab3870ddc5ef")
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        make("install", "PREFIX=%s" % prefix)
+    depends_on("autoconf", type="build")
+    depends_on("automake", type="build")
+    depends_on("libtool", type="build")
+
+    build_targets = ["-e", "libs", "tools"]
+    install_targets = ["-e", "install"]
+    parallel = False
+
+    def setup_build_environment(self, env):
+        env.set("BUILDTYPE", "NATIVEONLY")
+        env.set("PREFIX", self.prefix)
+        env.set("V", "1")