diff --git a/gimp-plugin-resynthesizer.spec b/gimp-plugin-resynthesizer.spec
index 709ed19..eae345c 100644
--- a/gimp-plugin-resynthesizer.spec
+++ b/gimp-plugin-resynthesizer.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ The package includes:
 %setup -n resynthesizer-master
 
 %build
+sed -i~ '
+s@automake-1.7 --version@automake --version@
+s@AUTOMAKE=automake-1.7@AUTOMAKE=automake@
+s@ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.7@ACLOCAL=aclocal@
+' autogen.sh
+diff -u autogen.sh~ autogen.sh || :
 ./autogen.sh
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}