diff --git a/lfs/ncurses-compat b/lfs/ncurses-compat
index 14807367f..b9f487f96 100644
--- a/lfs/ncurses-compat
+++ b/lfs/ncurses-compat
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(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) && mkdir -pv narrowc widec
 
 	# Build narrowc version.