diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxfce4ui/template b/srcpkgs/libxfce4ui/template
index 1122023cbe8..674006b8ea3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxfce4ui/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxfce4ui/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.12.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
+hostmakedepends="xfce4-dev-tools pkg-config intltool glib-devel gettext-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libxfce4util-devel>=4.12 xfconf-devel>=4.12 dbus-glib-devel
  libxml2-devel startup-notification-devel libSM-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml"
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ homepage="http://xfce.org"
 distfiles="http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/${version%.*}/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=011d9532337a8d0c4d6d2c4dfc854b4f298dbad0e9513b3495a573673b863987
 
+pre_configure() {
+	mkdir m4
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 xdt-autogen
+}
+
 libxfce4ui-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"