diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
index e077c486a7..7b7e455bc1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'pax-utils'
 pkgname=pax-utils
-version=1.2.6
+version=1.2.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-caps"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
 checkdepends="python3-pyelftools"
 short_desc="PaX aware and related utilities for ELF binaries"
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://cgit.gentoo.org/proj/pax-utils.git/"
 distfiles="https://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9742d2a31d53a4e0f6df0d3721ab6f7cf8b0404c95fee3b00e678c1ff6db7f21
+checksum=92ba5c4b2d475d2d29130398829f6e0a1a3aab0bf355c1d3658d4645c945aff3
+
+pre_configure() {
+	AUTOMAKE="automake --foreign" autoreconf -fi
+}