diff --git a/ifm.spec b/ifm.spec
index dbf297f..cbe3b09 100644
--- a/ifm.spec
+++ b/ifm.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           ifm
 Version:        5.1
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        Interactive Fiction Mapper
 
 Group:          Amusements/Games
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  tk
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  automake
 
 %description
 IFM is a language and a program for keeping track of your progress through
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ sed -i -e 's,/usr/local/doc/ifm/html,%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/ifm,' \
        -e 's,/usr/local/doc/ifm/ifm.pdf,%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/ifm.pdf,' \
        doc/ifm.1
 
+# Needed for ppc64, automake can't be run here
+cp -f %{_datadir}/automake-*/config.* .
+
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -62,6 +66,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 03 2009 Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> - 5.1-9
+- Solve the ppc64-redhat-linux-gnu configure target error
+
 * Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 5.1-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild