diff --git a/sgml-common/PKGBUILD b/sgml-common/PKGBUILD
index d51d0bfe..cc1eef40 100644
--- a/sgml-common/PKGBUILD
+++ b/sgml-common/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # shamelessly stolen from Archlinux
 pkgname='sgml-common'
 pkgver=0.6.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Tools for maintaining centralized SGML catalogs.'
 arch=('any')
 url='https://www.docbook.org/xml/'
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ prepare() {
   cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/INSTALL .
   cp /usr/share/automake-1.15/COPYING .
   patch -Np1 -i ../sgml-common-0.6.3-manpage-1.patch
+
+  WANT_AUTOCONF="2.69" autoreconf -vfi
 }
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}"/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
-  autoreconf -vfi
   ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
   make
 }