diff --git a/lfs/vnstat b/lfs/vnstat
index 904e5a256..a5762bf5d 100644
--- a/lfs/vnstat
+++ b/lfs/vnstat
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(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 \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc