diff --git a/templates/automake/template b/templates/automake/template
index f8d5e0b65d4..38a227d19d6 100644
--- a/templates/automake/template
+++ b/templates/automake/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=d65cf27438dc2a2040dee37851a5cc4eecaa956f
+checksum=b26a3499672b0eddcbd87c8e61dfb60ae74d9ee0cc181a5d924fb73db62a25ec
 long_desc="
  Automake is an experimental Makefile generator. It was inspired by
  the 4.4BSD make and include files, but aims to be portable and to
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ long_desc="
 
  Automake assumes the project uses autoconf. If you want automatic
  dependency tracking support, the use of GNU make is also required."
+
+Add_dependency full autoconf 2.60