diff --git a/srcpkgs/corebird/template b/srcpkgs/corebird/template
index 90d92ea326c..f6157b5e72e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/corebird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/corebird/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.8
 revision=1
 short_desc="Native Gtk+ Twitter Client"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala glib-devel libgee08-devel
- autoconf automake libtool intltool"
+ automake libtool intltool gettext-devel"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="GPLv3"
 homepage="http://corebird.baedert.org/"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ makedepends="gtk+3-devel rest-devel libgee08-devel sqlite-devel
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 
 pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -i
+	autoreconf -fi
 	intltoolize -f
 	autoreconf
 }