diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
index 2a5b71cf1e9..9919452ed3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.46.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel libtool"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel libtool automake gettext-devel"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel glib-networking"
 depends="glib-networking"
 short_desc="HTTP library implementation in C"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
+	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
 libsoup-devel_package() {