diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
index 1d26395bac3..3b834416f9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.14.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-documentation"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel glibmm-devel atkmm-devel pangomm-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/${version%.*}/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=d9f528a62c6ec226fa08287c45c7465b2dce5aae5068e9ac48d30a64a378e48b
 
+pre_configure() {
+	libtoolize -f
+}
+
 gtkmm-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} gtkmm>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"