diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 5351979670a3d78e5877a69f3ceeb66a0bbe092a..772d556a3c9b9d02b7f3279ddc1eadaed653b3d0 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:          libguestfs
 Version:       1.49.5
-Release:       2
+Release:       3
 Epoch:         1
 Summary:       A set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images
 License:       LGPLv2+
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ This package includes man files for %{name}.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
+#automake 1.17
+sed -i "s|am__api_version='1.16|am__api_version='1.17|g" configure
+
 cd ..
 cp -a %{name}-%{version} %{name}-%{version}-python3
 cd -
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ fi
   extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
 fi
 
+autoreconf -f
 %global localconfigure \
   %{configure} \\\
     --with-default-backend=libvirt \\\
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ fi
 %{localmake}
 
 cd ../%{name}-%{version}-python3
+autoreconf -f
 export PYTHON=%{__python3}
 while [ ! -f ../%{name}-%{version}/generator/.pod2text* ]
 do
@@ -359,6 +364,9 @@ rm -rf ocaml/html/.gitignore
 %lang(uk) %{_mandir}/uk/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 24 2024 yuanlipeng <yuanlipeng2@huawei.com> - 1:1.49.5-3
+- Fix build failure due to automake upgrade
+
 * Wed Feb 22 2023 wulei <wulei80@h-partners.com> - 1:1.49.5-2
 - Enable Vala bindings