diff --git a/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0-r1.ebuild b/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
index 055c9d5ffde67..a57709120f851 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-inherit flag-o-matic python-r1 systemd
+inherit flag-o-matic libtool python-r1 systemd
 
 DESCRIPTION="Speech synthesis interface"
 HOMEPAGE="https://freebsoft.org/speechd"
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ BDEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	elibtoolize
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	# bug #944193
 	append-cflags -std=gnu17