diff --git a/hardware/printer/cups/pspec.xml b/hardware/printer/cups/pspec.xml
index dd5296a962..18d6696450 100755
--- a/hardware/printer/cups/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/printer/cups/pspec.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
             <Dependency>libpaper-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xdg-utils</Dependency>
             <Dependency>colord-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="2.71">autoconf</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <!-- ARCH Linux patches -->