diff --git a/media-libs/smpeg/smpeg-0.4.4-r10.ebuild b/media-libs/smpeg/smpeg-0.4.4-r10.ebuild
index b1f57cbbb5adc..c7dd365b6e103 100644
--- a/media-libs/smpeg/smpeg-0.4.4-r10.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/smpeg/smpeg-0.4.4-r10.ebuild
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	rm "${S}/acinclude.m4"
 
 	cd "${S}"
+	mv configure.in configure.ac || die
 	AT_M4DIR="${S}/m4" eautoreconf
 }