diff --git a/srcpkgs/fftw/template b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
index 73cbbfd2ea..4a4a395294 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fftw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ long_desc="
  efficiently. FFTW is typically faster than other publically-available FFT
  implementations, and is even competitive with vendor-tuned libraries."
 
-hostmakedepends="automake gcc-fortran"
+hostmakedepends="libtool automake gcc-fortran"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.ac