diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index f656712cfe..60ce85c871 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
-version=2.36.4
+version=2.38.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool gtk-doc gettext-devel perl python libxslt docbook-xsl which automake"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python libxslt docbook-xsl which"
 makedepends="zlib-devel pcre-devel>=8.30 libffi-devel dbus-devel elfutils-devel"
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.36/glib-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=f654d2542329012d8475736a165dfbf82fadf3ee940c2e0e6ddd4b2fde5cad7e
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.38/glib-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=7513a7de5e814ccb48206340a8773ea523d6a7bf04dc74565de69b899bc2ff32
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" glib_cv_long_long_format=I64
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 			ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yes
 			ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes
 			ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes"
-	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" libtool glib-devel"
+	pre_configure() {
+		libtoolize -f
+	}
 fi
 
-pre_configure() {
-	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-}
-
 libglib-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib-devel pcre-devel libffi-devel glib-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"