diff --git a/vhostmd.spec b/vhostmd.spec
index bd2b1c1..fc48e1f 100644
--- a/vhostmd.spec
+++ b/vhostmd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary:       Virtualization host metrics daemon
 Name:          vhostmd
 Version:       0.4
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 License:       GPLv2+
 Group:         System Environment/Daemons
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Source3:       vhostmd.conf
 # RHBZ#565096.
 Patch0:        vhostmd-0.4-link-with-dl.patch
 
+# Required for patch0 only.
+BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
+
 BuildRequires: chrpath
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ Header and libraries necessary for metrics gathering development
 %setup -q
 
 %patch0 -p1
+autoreconf
 
 
 %build
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Feb 16 2010 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 0.4-4
+* Tue Feb 16 2010 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 0.4-5
 - Add a patch to link tests explicitly with -ldl (RHBZ#565096).
 
 * Thu Dec 10 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 0.4-2