diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 075835c628..2fe956bb44 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ install_asn1c_from_source(){
     git clone https://github.com/brchiu/asn1c /tmp/asn1c
     cd /tmp/asn1c
     git checkout velichkov_s1ap_plus_option_group
+    autoreconf -iv
     ./configure
     make -j`nproc`
     $SUDO make install