diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmapmload/wmapmload-0.3.4-r1.ebuild b/x11-plugins/wmapmload/wmapmload-0.3.4-r1.ebuild
index 4d08e881baf4c..c9c1d830237b3 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/wmapmload/wmapmload-0.3.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmapmload/wmapmload-0.3.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools
 
 DESCRIPTION="dockapp that monitors your apm battery status"
 HOMEPAGE="http://tnemeth.free.fr/projets/dockapps.html"
@@ -17,3 +19,8 @@ RDEPEND="x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXt
 	x11-libs/libXpm"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}