diff --git a/aedi/target/__init__.py b/aedi/target/__init__.py
index 3158f4b8..15277544 100644
--- a/aedi/target/__init__.py
+++ b/aedi/target/__init__.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def targets():
         YasmTarget(),
 
         # Tools without binaries stored in the repo, can be outdated
+        AutoconfTarget(),
         DzipTarget(),
         GlslangTarget(),
         M4Target(),
diff --git a/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py b/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
index c7066109..a423b764 100644
--- a/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
+++ b/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ from ..state import BuildState
 from . import base
 
 
+class AutoconfTarget(base.ConfigureMakeDependencyTarget):
+    # TODO: fix absolute paths in bin/* and share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg
+    def __init__(self, name='autoconf'):
+        super().__init__(name)
+        self.multi_platform = False
+
+    def prepare_source(self, state: BuildState):
+        state.download_source(
+            'https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.72.tar.xz',
+            'ba885c1319578d6c94d46e9b0dceb4014caafe2490e437a0dbca3f270a223f5a')
+
+
 class DzipTarget(base.CMakeStaticDependencyTarget):
     def __init__(self, name='dzip'):
         super().__init__(name)
diff --git a/deps/.gitignore b/deps/.gitignore
index a28829b8..6686c5b6 100644
--- a/deps/.gitignore
+++ b/deps/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 /vulkan-loader/loader/
 
 # Tools
+!/autoconf/share/
+/autoconf/share/info/
+/autoconf/share/man/
 /cmake/bin/*
 !/cmake/bin/cmake
 /cmake/doc/