diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensp/template b/srcpkgs/opensp/template
index c9a710fe1ca..a8fd5028317 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opensp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensp/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=5
 wrksrc="OpenSP-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-http --enable-default-catalog=/usr/share/sgml/catalog"
-hostmakedepends="xmlto libtool"
+hostmakedepends="automake xmlto libtool"
 makedepends="docbook-xsl xmlcatmgr"
 depends="xmlcatmgr"
 sgml_entries="CATALOG /usr/share/OpenSP/catalog --"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ checksum=57f4898498a368918b0d49c826aa434bb5b703d2c3b169beb348016ab25617ce
 keep_libtool_archives=yes
 
 pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
+	autoreconf -fi
 }
 post_install() {
 	ln -s onsgmls ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/nsgmls