diff --git a/srcpkgs/usbredir/template b/srcpkgs/usbredir/template
index 046ea9773a..c4fd917097 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/usbredir/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/usbredir/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.7
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libusb-devel"
 short_desc="USB traffic redirection protocol"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="http://spice-space.org"
 distfiles="http://spice-space.org/download/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=0a63a0712b5dc62be9cca44f97270fea5d1ec1fe7dde0c11dc74a01c8e2006aa
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 usbredir-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"