diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/autotools.py b/pisi/actionsapi/autotools.py
index 5fd3877f..8f1726e8 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/autotools.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/autotools.py
@@ -108,3 +108,12 @@ def installWithInstallRootdir():
     install_string = 'make INSTALL_ROOT=%s install' % dir_suffix
 
     os.system(install_string)
+
+def aclocal(parameters = ''):
+    os.system("aclocal %s" % parameters)
+
+def autoconf(parameters = ''):
+    os.system("autoconf %s" % parameters)
+
+def automake(parameters = ''):
+    os.system("automake %s" % parameters)
diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py b/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
index 1fac8fcb..9f29b72b 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import time
 import glob
+import shutil
 from tempfile import mkstemp, mkdtemp
 
 def sleep(seconds = 5):
@@ -41,3 +42,12 @@ def changeDir(directoryName = ''):
         os.chdir(directoryName)
     else:
         os.chdir(os.path.dirname(current))
+
+def ls(directory):
+    return os.listdir(directory)
+
+def move(source, destination):
+    shutil.move(source, destination)
+
+def export(key, value):
+    os.environ[key] = value