diff --git a/ipmitool/debian/control b/ipmitool/debian/control
index 1135522..80725ab 100644
--- a/ipmitool/debian/control
+++ b/ipmitool/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Duncan Laurie <duncan@iceblink.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libreadline5-dev | libreadline-dev, libssl-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libreadline5-dev | libreadline-dev, libssl-dev, autoconf, automake1.9 | automake, autotools-dev, libtool
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2.1
 
 Package: ipmitool
diff --git a/ipmitool/debian/rules b/ipmitool/debian/rules
index 670e801..96a6920 100755
--- a/ipmitool/debian/rules
+++ b/ipmitool/debian/rules
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ endif
 configure: configure-stamp
 configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
+
+	./bootstrap
+
 	./configure --prefix=/usr \
 		    --with-kerneldir \
 		    --mandir=/usr/share/man