diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
index 658e8d8216a8..74d8e9b85423 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
+  autoreconfHook,
   enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
   writeScript,
   testers,
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   doCheck = true;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isOpenBSD [
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
   # this could be accomplished by updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook, but that causes infinite recursion
   # necessary for FreeBSD code path in configure
   postPatch = ''