diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
index d15e13b3b4..ed2b881bfc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@ pkgname=irqbalance
 version=1.0.7
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libcap-ng-devel libnuma-devel"
 systemd_services="irqbalance.service on"
 short_desc="Handholding your interrupts for power and performance"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://code.google.com/p/irqbalance/"
-distfiles="https://irqbalance.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=fed1bb405654be8eda40961667bbe75033667600d828b34419c25a1282e81127
+distfiles="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8c3916780d254b74fb1c7ec22876d63ac01f1b32776d9204a604b73c8f591d2a
+
+create_srcdir=yes
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system