diff --git a/podman/redox-base-containerfile b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
index 276244c3b..8af30fc97 100644
--- a/podman/redox-base-containerfile
+++ b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ RUN useradd --create-home --no-log-init --uid _UID_ poduser \
 		zlib1g-dev \
 		zstd \
 		help2man \
+		autoconf2.69
+