diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7fc3860bae..62bc9d3a62 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ gtk+2.0 (2.16.0-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - upstream git change to fix a timestamp issue leading to get nautilus.
       dialog opening sometime unfocussed for example (lp: #333366)
 
+  [ Loic Minier ]
+  * Build-dep on autotools-dev for the config.guess / .sub updates to work.
+
  -- Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>  Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:30:56 +0200
 
 gtk+2.0 (2.16.0-1) experimental; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3a1090322b..c6f77c9efe 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.o
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.22),
                gettext,
                pkg-config,
+               autotools-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.19.7),
                libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20),
                libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.13.0),
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 542345ced2..b7a9d7d7c2 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: @GNOME_TEAM@
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.22),
                gettext,
                pkg-config,
+               autotools-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.19.7),
                libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20),
                libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.13.0),