diff --git a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
index 450925b15e3..10432b039e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-spell-check --disable-update-databases
  --disable-xml-catalog-update $(vopt_enable python)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gdk-pixbuf-devel libxml2-devel"
-makedepends="libxml2-devel gtk+3-devel enchant-devel gucharmap-devel
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gdk-pixbuf-devel libxml2-devel
+ automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel gtk+3-devel enchant2-devel gucharmap-devel
  $(vopt_if python python-devel)"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils xmlcatmgr
  $(vopt_if python python)"
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ homepage="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/"
 distfiles="http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/bluefish-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=afeca12b693bb58e30c2199e6a21cc06da02d88e0ac9d08b7a231a9c8e7c3eb2
 
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -e 's|\[enchant\]|\[enchant-2\]|g' \
+		-e 's|\[enchant >|\[enchant-2 >|g' \
+		-e 's|enchant/enchant.h|enchant-2/enchant.h|g' \
+		-e 's|BF_dependencies enchant|BF_dependencies enchant-2|g' \
+		-i configure.ac
+
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 # XXX python option broken with cross compilation
 build_options="python"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then