diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index f1e7d2c..54a390e 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ git
 libpipewire-0.3-dev
 libspa-0.2-dev
 pkg-config
+automake
 autoconf
 libtool
 xarchiver