diff --git a/linuxdoc-tools.spec b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
index 96b4b93..bfd394f 100644
--- a/linuxdoc-tools.spec
+++ b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Source: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linuxdoc-tools/%{name}_%{ve
 Patch0: linuxdoc-tools-0.9.13-letter.patch
 Patch1: linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch
 Url: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linuxdoc-tools.html
-BuildRequires: flex flex-static sgml-common jade gawk groff autoconf texinfo
+BuildRequires: flex flex-static sgml-common jade gawk groff autoconf automake texinfo
 #need actual perl directory structure
 BuildRequires: perl >= 4:5.10.1
 BuildRequires: perl-generators