diff --git a/lfs/colm b/lfs/colm
index 5a722ba5e..6cf4f95c5 100644
--- a/lfs/colm
+++ b/lfs/colm
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--disable-static