diff --git a/fuse.spec b/fuse.spec
index ff324a3..e784e6b 100644
--- a/fuse.spec
+++ b/fuse.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ pgk-config) to develop FUSE v2 based applications/filesystems.
 # ./makeconf.sh
 #disable device creation during build/install
 sed -i 's|mknod|echo Disabled: mknod |g' util/Makefile.in
+autoreconf -ivf
 
 %build
 # Can't pass --disable-static here, or else the utils don't build