diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/actions.py b/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/actions.py
index 278d009696..2b1f155871 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/actions.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
 from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
+    shelltools.system("sh ./autogen.sh")
     autotools.configure("--disable-schemas-compile \
                          --libexecdir=/usr/lib/mate-notification-daemon")
 
diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/pspec.xml
index 6c5a49280a..e21b39fcb3 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-notification-daemon/pspec.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="9934f58ad864113896cd079f2b8a5c91f6f47cae" type="targz">https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-notification-daemon/archive/refs/tags/v1.29.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>gtk-doc</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libwnck3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libnotify-devel</Dependency>