diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix
index 760f9cdc574..602e7115017 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, unzip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.4.0";
+  version = "2.5.0";
   name = "xlslib-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/xlslib/xlslib-package-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "0h7qhxcc55cz3jvrfv4scjnzf5w9g97wigyviandi4ag54qjxjdc";
+    sha256 = "1wx3jbpkz2rvgs45x6mwawamd1b2llb0vn29b5sr0rfxzx9d1985";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip autoreconfHook ];
 
   setSourceRoot = "export sourceRoot=xlslib/xlslib";