diff --git a/dev-libs/libusb/libusb-1.0.27-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libusb/libusb-1.0.27-r1.ebuild
index f5a11d38c3e30..b956c08ca0877 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libusb/libusb-1.0.27-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libusb/libusb-1.0.27-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit multilib-minimal
+inherit libtool multilib-minimal
 
 DESCRIPTION="Userspace access to USB devices"
 HOMEPAGE="https://libusb.info/ https://github.com/libusb/libusb"
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="doc? ( app-text/doxygen )"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	elibtoolize
+}
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		$(use_enable static-libs static)