diff --git a/supermin.spec b/supermin.spec
index 1197440..4b0f84a 100644
--- a/supermin.spec
+++ b/supermin.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:       Tool for creating supermin appliances
 Name:          supermin
 Version:       4.1.5
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 License:       GPLv2+
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ BuildRequires: ocaml, ocaml-findlib-devel
 
 # automake isn't actually required; however the src/.depend file gets
 # rebuilt which newer automake thinks (wrongly) means that the
-# Makefile.am has been touched and needs rebuilding.
-BuildRequires: automake
+# Makefile.am has been touched and needs rebuilding.  Unfortunately
+# because of this brokenness we also have to rerun autoreconf.  Grrr
+# stupid autotools.
+BuildRequires: automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext-devel
 
 Requires:      yum >= 3.2
 Requires:      yum-utils
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ Obsoletes:     febootstrap-supermin-helper < 3.21-3
 
 %patch1 -p1
 
+# See comment about automake above.
+autoreconf -i
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-network-tests
@@ -100,6 +104,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 23 2013 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 4.1.5-5
+- Rerun autoreconf to fix autotools brokenness.
+
 * Sun Dec 22 2013 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 4.1.5-4
 - Why was prelink required?  Remove it.