diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
index 7681e60d144..f5e20e8c1af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/${pkgname}/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=47ba5a8bd8cdd55262699078a5612a95db17966c7f20c43e3fe492c90ce7980a
 
-hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel pam-devel>=1.1.8_4 libcap-ng-devel"
 # Create uuidd system account for uuidd.
 system_accounts="uuidd"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ replaces="util-linux-ng>=0 e2fsprogs<=1.41.14_1 eject>=0 shadow<4.1.5.1_3"
 provides="eject-${version}_1"
 
 pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }
 
 do_configure() {