diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
index 1612c30902e..0fc8b0a0ad3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 wrksrc=gtkmm-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-documentation"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libsigc++-devel atkmm-devel pangomm-devel libXcursor-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 homepage="http://www.gtkmm.org/"
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/2.24/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=443a2ff3fcb42a915609f1779000390c640a6d7fd19ad8816e6161053696f5ee
 
+pre_configure() {
+	libtoolize -f
+}
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i -e 's/^doc_subdirs/#doc_subdirs/' Makefile
 }