diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 408a97bf6..0732f7eb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Set up build tools
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool zip
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config autoconf-archive
+
+      - name: Create necessary directories
+        run: mkdir -p m4 auxdir build-aux/m4
 
       - name: Generate configure script
-        run: autoreconf -i
+        run: autoreconf -i -I m4 -I build-aux/m4
 
-      - name: Configure the project
+      - name: Run configure
         run: ./configure
 
       - name: Build the project
@@ -30,9 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create .zip source tarball
         run: make dist-zip
 
-      - name: List generated files
-        run: ls -lah
-
       - name: Upload .tar.gz release asset
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         with: