diff --git a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
index 75b85afeab..7f28a9af48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/${pkgname}-${ver
 checksum=d2da0f060d47f6ad9de8c8781bb21fa4b9eae8ea1cd1e956b814095baa002f35
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool glib-devel"
+	pre_configure() {
+		autoreconf -fi
+	}
 fi
 
 libharfbuzz_package() {