diff --git a/gnome-screensaver.spec b/gnome-screensaver.spec
index 92b3c3f..259e276 100644
--- a/gnome-screensaver.spec
+++ b/gnome-screensaver.spec
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .gnome-keyring
 
 %build
+# grr, autoreconf seems to break with intltool 0.36.0, unless
+# you intltoolize again 
+intltoolize --force
 autoreconf
 %configure --with-xscreensaverdir=/usr/share/xscreensaver/config \
            --with-xscreensaverhackdir=/usr/libexec/xscreensaver  \