diff --git a/core/automake/APKBUILD b/core/automake/APKBUILD
index c9c585032a9..5ac06c46d0d 100644
--- a/core/automake/APKBUILD
+++ b/core/automake/APKBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ arch=i486
 license=GPL
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake"
 source=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
-makedepends="perl"
+makedepends="autoconf perl"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 
 build() {