diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgmanager/template b/srcpkgs/cgmanager/template
index a2f05346cb2..c51fe8e7e94 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cgmanager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgmanager/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --with-distro=void --with-pamdir=/usr/lib/security"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="pam-devel dbus-devel libnih-devel"
 short_desc="A daemon for managing Linux control groups"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ homepage="https://linuxcontainers.org/cgmanager/introduction/"
 distfiles="https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/cgmanager/cgmanager-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9e65487fb4e4aa0a6acd87ba7f8f00b8007d8c52608aa6d411e72e6fe9445b7b
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 post_install() {
 	vsv $pkgname
 }