diff --git a/net-libs/libnet/libnet-1.3-r1.ebuild b/net-libs/libnet/libnet-1.3-r1.ebuild
index 7dcc6589f7ebd..edd23888d1d43 100644
--- a/net-libs/libnet/libnet-1.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libnet/libnet-1.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+inherit libtool
+
 # TODO: Fix upstream dist tarballs to include man pages!
 # https://github.com/libnet/libnet/issues/169
 #
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 DOCS=( ChangeLog.md README.md doc/MIGRATION.md )
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	elibtoolize
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		$(use_enable man doxygen-doc)