diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2abe50b6388..26bb003ce97 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ libatomic_ops.so.1 libatomic_ops-7.4.2_1
 libbfb.so.1 libbfb-0.24.2_1
 libmulticobex.so.1 libmulticobex-0.24_1
 libobexftp.so.0 libobexftp-0.24_1
-libhunspell-1.5.so.0 libhunspell-1.5.0_1
+libhunspell-1.6.so.0 libhunspell-1.6.0_1
 libstdlog.so.0 liblogging-1.0.0_1
 liblogging-stdlog.so.0 liblogging-1.0.2_1
 libdom.so.0 libdom-0.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hunspell/template b/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
index d71408f0585..b0c6855e6c4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hunspell/template
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'hunspell'
 pkgname=hunspell
-version=1.5.4
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-ui"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool bison"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="An Improved spellchecker"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://hunspell.github.io/"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, MPL-1.1"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=852c01a2e3b87eb1f2adb5261466608ba79f1f950202e18a2a1735de5098fc59
+checksum=512e7d2ee69dad0b35ca011076405e56e0f10963a02d4859dbcc4faf53ca68e2
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 libhunspell_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"