diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
index 1c3fe5df857..ccb3b096209 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ checksum=6fef4aa8d4a2668e03ea15472a71396ea7b776bbe56ad9459a4124b823c11457
 # ETOOHUGE
 disable_debug=1
 
-hostmakedepends="libtool perl python pkg-config intltool gperf flex
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl python pkg-config intltool gperf flex
  ruby glib-devel geoclue2"
 makedepends="
  at-spi2-core-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.6 sqlite-devel
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
+	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
 webkitgtk-devel_package() {