diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d1730d50..7c801dd8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ before_script:
   - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install libunbound-dev libldns-dev libidn11-dev check libevent-dev
 script:
+  - autoreconf -fi
   - ./configure --with-libevent
   - make
   - sudo PATH=$PATH make install