diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-graphics/clutter/clutter-gst-3.0.inc b/meta-gnome/recipes-graphics/clutter/clutter-gst-3.0.inc
index 7880021755..1329f7fc50 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-graphics/clutter/clutter-gst-3.0.inc
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-graphics/clutter/clutter-gst-3.0.inc
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ inherit clutter features_check upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection
 # depends on clutter-1.0 which depends on cogl-1.0
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "opengl"
 
+# Needed for introspection.m4
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "-I m4"
+
 export GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER_1_0="${S}/gst-plugin-scanner-dummy"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-Install-example-binary-needed-for-core-image-clutter.patch"