diff --git a/testing/libgnomecanvas/APKBUILD b/testing/libgnomecanvas/APKBUILD
index ac018d26f6d..ff8fbfe53d0 100644
--- a/testing/libgnomecanvas/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/libgnomecanvas/APKBUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
 source="https://download.gnome.org/sources/${pkgname}/${pkgver%.*}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2"
 builddir="$srcdir/"$pkgname-$pkgver
 
+prepare() {
+	update_config_guess
+	default_prepare
+}
+
 build() {
 	cd "$builddir"
 	./configure --prefix=/usr