diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgnomekbd/template b/srcpkgs/libgnomekbd/template
index b81d23233f4..faf33f3280d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgnomekbd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgnomekbd/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
 makedepends="libxml2-devel gtk+3-devel libxklavier-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Gnome keyboard configuration library"