diff --git a/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.9_pre20210209.ebuild b/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.9_pre20210209.ebuild
index 0513133..bdedb04 100644
--- a/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.9_pre20210209.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/bird/bird-2.0.9_pre20210209.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-inherit fcaps
+inherit autotools fcaps
 
 DESCRIPTION="A routing daemon implementing OSPF, RIPv2 & BGP for IPv4 & IPv6"
 HOMEPAGE="https://bird.network.cz"
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ FILECAPS=(
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${GIT_HASH}"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	econf \
 		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var" \