diff --git a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
index 2ed3a4d867..149bf6f4ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autoconf/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template build file for 'autoconf'.
 pkgname=autoconf
-version=2.64
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+version=2.65
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Generates automatic source code configuration scripts"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=a84471733f86ac2c1240a6d28b705b05a6b79c3cca8835c3712efbdf813c5eb6
+checksum=3e07179feb2ba724ae557872d0cb5878655c58b49b6eaea068210c0bf22661f5
 long_desc="
  Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
  scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Add_dependency full diffutils
 Add_dependency full m4
 Add_dependency full perl
 Add_dependency build texinfo
+Add_dependency build xz