diff --git a/autossh.changes b/autossh.changes
index 389bcf6..a44da9e 100644
--- a/autossh.changes
+++ b/autossh.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  9 19:52:50 UTC 2019 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
+
+- add autoconf and automake as BuildRequires for autoreconf
+- call autoreconf before configure otherwise setproctitle is
+  mis-detected as present, causing a build failure
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 28 21:29:41 UTC 2019 - Greg Freemyer <Greg.Freemyer@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/autossh.spec b/autossh.spec
index 6d165d1..22974b5 100644
--- a/autossh.spec
+++ b/autossh.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Source3:        autossh.service
 Source4:        my.conf
 Source5:        README.SUSE.md
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  automake
 # configure checks is the ssh client exists
 BuildRequires:  openssh
 Requires:       openssh
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ cp %{S:4} .
 cp %{S:5} .
 
 %build
+autoreconf -fvi
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}