diff --git a/srcpkgs/atf/template b/srcpkgs/atf/template
index a23ae1c27c1..a40cc390e06 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/atf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/atf/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=atf
 version=0.18
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="libtool gdb"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gdb"
 makedepends="gdb xmlcatmgr"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 xml_entries="system http://www.NetBSD.org/XML/atf/tests-results.dtd /usr/share/xml/atf/tests-results.dtd"