diff --git a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
index a383c8c75f844dd25cd1e214e98303515f3a7e54..252022493154707ed8070263972a45039b21419b 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ (define* (dist-package p source)
        ;; Add autotools & co. as inputs.
        (let ((ref (lambda (module var)
                     (module-ref (resolve-interface module) var))))
-         `(("autoconf" ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'autoconf))
+         `(,@(package-native-inputs p)
+           ("autoconf" ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'autoconf))
            ("automake" ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'automake))
            ("libtool"  ,(ref '(gnu packages autotools) 'libtool))
            ("gettext"  ,(ref '(gnu packages gettext) 'gnu-gettext))