diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 9d1e18520a87dbe926244cf62d4d41bca665f9a0..420b862aba2b495feb44d7a9726175f5c2b7231c 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Documents and helpful information for Open vSwitch.
 %autosetup
 
 %build
+autoreconf
 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=%{_localstatedir} \
     --libdir=%{_libdir} --enable-ssl --enable-shared
 %make_build