diff --git a/recipes/gnuplot-mode.rcp b/recipes/gnuplot-mode.rcp
index 8ad9b32a..b7f0bd12 100644
--- a/recipes/gnuplot-mode.rcp
+++ b/recipes/gnuplot-mode.rcp
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
        :description "Drive gnuplot from within emacs"
        :type github
        :pkgname "bruceravel/gnuplot-mode"
-       :build `(("./configure")
+       :build `(("autoreconf" "-f" "-i")  ; regenerate configure, since source
+                                          ; has version specific configure
+                                          ; file.
+                ("./configure")
                 ("make" ,(concat "EMACS=" el-get-emacs)
                  "gnuplot.elc" "gnuplot-gui.elc"))
        :info "gnuplot.info")