diff --git a/srcpkgs/grep/template b/srcpkgs/grep/template
index 7989e548194..27b2dd56666 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grep/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'grep'.
 pkgname=grep
 version=2.25
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel"
 makedepends="pcre-devel"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -10,3 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=e21e83bac50450e0d0d61a42c154ee0dceaacdbf4f604ef6e79071cb8e596830
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}