diff --git a/srcpkgs/garcon/template b/srcpkgs/garcon/template
index 259b2f8e9b3..fbe8cf1288a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/garcon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/garcon/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="xfce4-dev-tools pkg-config intltool gettext-devel glib-devel"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxfce4ui-devel>=4.12"
 conf_files="/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu"
 short_desc="Glib/GIO freedesktop.org compliant menu implementation"
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/garcon/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=787dc859713b6518992d760d4b858fb02e8a30705e6f6e871d7a14cc97bca972
 
+pre_configure() {
+	mkdir m4
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 xdt-autogen
+}
+
 garcon-devel_package() {
 	depends="libglib-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc=+" - development files"