diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgsf/template b/srcpkgs/libgsf/template
index 6784421a5f0..a0d675a3de4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgsf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgsf/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-introspection"
-hostmakedepends="automake glib-devel intltool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel intltool pkg-config"
 makedepends="gdk-pixbuf-devel libxml2-devel"
 checkdepends="perl-XML-Parser unzip"
 short_desc="Structured File Library"
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="https://www.gnome.org/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/libgsf/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=d188ebd3787b5375a8fd38ee6f761a2007de5e98fa0cf5623f271daa67ba774d
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 libgsf-devel_package() {
 	depends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"