diff --git a/lfs/netsnmpd b/lfs/netsnmpd
index 117097e15..9e6751812 100644
--- a/lfs/netsnmpd
+++ b/lfs/netsnmpd
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/net-snmp-5.7.3-openssl.patch
+	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--with-default-snmp-version="2" \