diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.0.4.recipe b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.0.4.recipe
index 6d2720ffb..a2a739c3d 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.0.4.recipe
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.0.4.recipe
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
 BUILD()
 {
 	chmod +x autogen.sh irssi-version.sh file2header.sh
-	./autogen.sh $configureDirArgs --with-perl=module --with-socks \
+	autoreconf -fi
+	runConfigure ./configure --with-perl=module --with-socks \
 		--with-proxy --enable-true-color
 	make $jobArgs
 }