diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index c0ad390..3b62a9a 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Scanner access software
 Name: sane-backends
 Version: 1.0.17
-Release: 4
+Release: 5
 License: GPL (programs), relaxed LGPL (libraries), and public domain (docs)
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source0: ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ Patch5: sane-backends-multilib.patch
 URL: http://www.sane-project.org
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root-%(%__id_u -n)
 BuildRequires: tetex-latex libusb-devel libieee1284-devel libjpeg-devel
+BuildRequires: automake autoconf libtool
 %if %{gphoto2_support}
 BuildRequires: gphoto2-devel
 %endif
-Prereq: /sbin/ldconfig, /bin/mktemp, /bin/grep, /bin/cat, /bin/rm
 Requires: pam >= 0.78-2, udev
 ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
 
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ done
 # We patched configure.in, so regenerate configure.
 sed '/^# libtool\.m4/,$d' < acinclude.m4 > acinclude.m4.new
 mv -f acinclude.m4{.new,}
-aclocal
 libtoolize --force --copy
+aclocal
+automake
 autoconf
 
 %build
@@ -155,6 +156,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/sane.ps
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 14 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 1.0.17-5
+- buildrequire automake, autoconf, libtool (#178596)
+- don't require /sbin/ldconfig, /bin/mktemp, /bin/grep, /bin/cat, /bin/rm
+
 * Thu Feb 22 2006 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 1.0.17-4
 - split off generated documentation into separate subpackage to avoid conflicts
   on multilib systems