diff --git a/xorg-x11-apps.spec b/xorg-x11-apps.spec
index 1c21a05..8a36097 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-apps.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-apps.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Patch0: x11perf-1.4.1-x11perf-datadir-cleanups.patch
 Patch1: luit-1.0.1-locale.alias-datadir.patch
 Patch10: ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/xorg/X11R7.1/patches/xload-1.0.1-setuid.diff
 
+# FIXME: Temporary dependencies on autotools packages for now
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake
+
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-util-macros
 # xbiff needs xbitmaps-devel
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - Artificially inflate package version-release to 7.1 to match the X11R7.1
   release that all of the tarballs are taken from.
 - Update to xconsole-1.0.2, xcursorgen-1.0.1 from X11R7.1
+- Add temporary dependency on autoconf, automake for brew builds.
 
 * Fri May 26 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson@redhat.com> 1.0.3-2
 - Add more BuildRequires to fix mock builds.  (#191896)