diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/rest/librest_0.8.1.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/rest/librest_0.8.1.bb
index 23849783cc..51dc44cc4d 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/rest/librest_0.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/rest/librest_0.8.1.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     libxml2-native \
 "
 
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection vala pkgconfig
 
 GNOMEBN = "rest"