diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/template b/srcpkgs/geany/template
index 5b23f6c91b..7d27c802ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.25
 revision=1
 replaces="geany-plugins>=0"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="which pkg-config intltool python"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel glib-devel libtool pkg-config intltool python"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel vte-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Fast and lightweight IDE"
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ homepage="http://www.geany.org"
 distfiles="http://download.${pkgname}.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8ee41da28cead8c94d433e616d7ababa81727c63e9196ca6758ade3af14a49ef
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 geany-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends}"
 	short_desc+=" - Development files"