diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblangtag/template b/srcpkgs/liblangtag/template
index d9fc55eb7d7..4c660ab86bb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liblangtag/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblangtag/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ makedepends="libxml2-devel"
 hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
 checksum=5cdec61f4ef8d4b1a198682fcdd17e88cb293549af5878d6ee4bdd55d129bd84
 
+pre_configure() {
+	libtoolize -f
+}
+
 liblangtag-devel_package() {
 	depends="liblangtag>=${version}_${revision} $makedepends"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"