diff --git a/lfs/usbutils b/lfs/usbutils
index 055a7b822..9e919cbec 100644
--- a/lfs/usbutils
+++ b/lfs/usbutils
@@ -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 \
 					--datadir=/usr/share/hwdata \
 					--disable-zlib