diff --git a/textproc/xmlto/Makefile b/textproc/xmlto/Makefile
index a4b6d050c21..3aae4128257 100644
--- a/textproc/xmlto/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xmlto/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 COMMENT=	front-end for converting XML files to various formats
 
-DISTNAME=	xmlto-0.0.28
+DISTNAME=	xmlto-0.0.29
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.bz2
 
-REVISION=	1
-
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 HOMEPAGE=	https://pagure.io/xmlto
@@ -24,7 +22,10 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	misc/gnugetopt \
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	misc/gnugetopt
 
-CONFIGURE_STYLE=gnu
+CONFIGURE_STYLE=autoreconf
+AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.71
+AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.16
+USE_GMAKE=	Yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-webbrowser=lynx
 
 # so that we do not need more BUILD_DEPENDS
diff --git a/textproc/xmlto/distinfo b/textproc/xmlto/distinfo
index e3310a334e4..7d186c542d9 100644
--- a/textproc/xmlto/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/xmlto/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (xmlto-0.0.28.tar.bz2) = ETDfOnlX659vDSnkqhx1cyp9+21jm+AThZtcfsVCEnY=
-SIZE (xmlto-0.0.28.tar.bz2) = 127921
+SHA256 (xmlto-0.0.29.tar.bz2) = YADY6PD5BAQmxPhdethnibyI1K6u9YXE1BEK2wshTyE=
+SIZE (xmlto-0.0.29.tar.bz2) = 54700