diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gimp/mypaint/libmypaint_git.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gimp/mypaint/libmypaint_git.bb
index d509aa3dd0..b0f9b82e42 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gimp/mypaint/libmypaint_git.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gimp/mypaint/libmypaint_git.bb
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint.git;protocol=https;branch=libmypa
            file://0001-make-build-compatible-w.-autoconf-2.7.patch \
           "
 SRCREV = "2768251dacce3939136c839aeca413f4aa4241d0"
+
 PV = "1.6.1"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "-I m4"
+
 do_configure:append() {
     # autogen uses python2 so generate headers ourselves
-    cd ${S}
-    python3 generate.py mypaint-brush-settings-gen.h brushsettings-gen.h
+    (cd ${S} && python3 generate.py mypaint-brush-settings-gen.h brushsettings-gen.h)
 }