diff --git a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
index ac78ef72b65..c82700cc87c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-oss-output --disable-oss-wrapper --disable-tcpwrap
  --enable-jack --disable-lirc --disable-hal-compat --disable-gconf --enable-orc
  --with-database=tdb --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d
  --disable-esound --disable-gtk3 --enable-bluez5"
-hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config intltool which orc-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config intltool which orc-devel"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libltdl-devel glib-devel libudev-devel speex-devel libXi-devel
  libXtst-devel xcb-util-devel libsndfile-devel libasyncns-devel
  dbus-devel tdb-devel libcap-devel avahi-libs-devel openssl-devel