diff --git a/media-player-info.spec b/media-player-info.spec
index 538e7d9..5e49a68 100644
--- a/media-player-info.spec
+++ b/media-player-info.spec
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ Summary:        Data files describing media player capabilities
 Group:          System Environment/Base
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~teuf/media-player-id/
-Source0:        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/media-player-info/snapshot/{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/media-player-info/snapshot/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  libudev-devel
+BuildRequires:  autoconf automake
 Requires:       udev
 
 %description
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ The package also installs a udev rule to identify media player devices.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+# grr, tarballs without configure
+autoreconf -i -f
 
 %build
 %configure