diff --git a/lfs/libxml2 b/lfs/libxml2
index 9d0f1b9b3..6ee0fa274 100644
--- a/lfs/libxml2
+++ b/lfs/libxml2
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(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 --with-history
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install