diff --git a/libuna.changes b/libuna.changes
index f54ef77..a2d5dfa 100644
--- a/libuna.changes
+++ b/libuna.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 25 19:17:43 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Unconditionally run autoreconf because of patches
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 14 13:05:31 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libuna.spec b/libuna.spec
index d0677f7..f8d1049 100644
--- a/libuna.spec
+++ b/libuna.spec
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ applications that want to make use of libuna.
 %autosetup -p1 -n libuna-%version
 
 %build
-if [ ! -e configure ]; then ./autogen.sh; fi
+autoreconf -fi
 %configure \
 %if "@BUILD_FLAVOR@" == "mini"
 	--disable-tools \