diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 08b4037..482aa68 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ BuildRequires: gnome-python2-gtksourceview >= %{gnome_python_desktop_version}
 BuildRequires: gnome-python2-gtksourceview >= %{gnome_python_desktop_version}
 BuildRequires: gnome-doc-utils >= %{gnome_doc_utils_version}
 BuildRequires: which
+BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
 
 Requires: libgnomeui >= %{libgnomeui_version}
 Requires: libgnomeprintui22 >= %{libgnomeprintui_version}
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ tar xzf %{SOURCE1}
 %patch4 -p1 -b .copy-xattrs
 
 %build
+autoreconf
 %configure --disable-scrollkeeper --disable-gtk-doc --enable-python
 make