diff --git a/lfs/slang b/lfs/slang
index d6e685855..a4ff3a1e3 100644
--- a/lfs/slang
+++ b/lfs/slang
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(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 --sysconfdir=/etc
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make #$(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install