diff --git a/srcpkgs/hplip/template b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
index 490a50a3fed..cc63c011798 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hplip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ do_configure() {
 		mv ${i}.temp ${i}
 	done
 
+	export AUTOMAKE='automake --foreign'
+	autoreconf --force --install
+
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --disable-gui-build \
 		--disable-foomatic-rip-hplip-install \
 		--enable-foomatic-ppd-install \