diff --git a/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh b/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh
index ba61f82..602dcfb 100644
--- a/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh
+++ b/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ case $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION in
     1.9*) automake_progs="automake-1.10 automake-1.9" ;;
     1.10*) automake_progs="automake-1.10" ;;
 esac
-version_check automake AUTOMAKE "$automake_progs" $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION \
+version_check automake AUTOMAKE "$automake_progs automake" $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION \
     "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-$REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION.tar.gz"
 ACLOCAL=`echo $AUTOMAKE | sed s/automake/aclocal/`
 
