--- build/pkgs/m4rie/spkg-install-orig	2014-12-06 21:51:23.000000000 +0000
+++ build/pkgs/m4rie/spkg-install	2014-12-06 21:51:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 # build M4RIE
 
 cd $ROOT_DIR/src/
+aclocal
+automake --add-missing
+autoconf
 ./configure \
     --prefix="$SAGE_LOCAL" \
     --libdir="$SAGE_LOCAL/lib" \