diff --git a/lfs/freeradius b/lfs/freeradius
index faf8f4877..b232bc030 100644
--- a/lfs/freeradius
+++ b/lfs/freeradius
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && \
 		./configure \
 			--prefix=/usr \