diff --git a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.SlackBuild b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.SlackBuild
index b05b640454..97b8d16a24 100644
--- a/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.SlackBuild
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# Upstream script needs to be more assertive with Autotools :-)
+sed -e 's/autoconf/autoreconf -vif/' -i bootstrap
+
 ./bootstrap
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \