diff --git a/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377a34c8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- got-portable-0.69/configure.ac.orig
++++ got-portable-0.69/configure.ac
+@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
+ 		[return (reallocarray(NULL, 1, 1) == NULL);]
+ 	)],
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
++	[AC_LIBOBJ(reallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
+ 	[AC_LIBOBJ(reallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
+ )
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working recallocarray])
+@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@
+ 		[return (recallocarray(NULL, 1, 1, 1) == NULL);]
+ 	)],
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
++	[AC_LIBOBJ(recallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
+ 	[AC_LIBOBJ(recallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
+ )
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/got/template b/srcpkgs/got/template
index 2aa0701e86..36da438e26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/got/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/got/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.69
 revision=1
 wrksrc=got-portable-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="byacc pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake byacc pkg-config"
 makedepends="libmd-devel zlib-devel libuuid-devel libbsd-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="VCS which prioritizes ease of use and simplicity over flexibility"
 maintainer="Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>"
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ homepage="https://gameoftrees.org"
 distfiles="https://gameoftrees.org/releases/portable/got-portable-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="7583006e563b349e9bc6bdac70563b585a04d69e0715ad1e979f1b83a607d4b2"
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 post_install() {
- 	sed -n '/Copyright/,/PERFORMANCE/p' got/got.c > LICENSE
+	sed -n '/Copyright/,/PERFORMANCE/p' got/got.c > LICENSE
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }