diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index 2dcdfd8f49..0414da65b2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ homepage="http://gmplib.org/"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-${version}/gmp-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=dee2eda37f4ff541f30019932db0c37f6f77a30ba3609234933b1818f9b07071
 
+bootstrap=yes
+
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="libtool"
 	pre_configure() {