diff --git a/travis/build_env.sh b/travis/build_env.sh
index d1c9c04acc..6fd57cfe6b 100755
--- a/travis/build_env.sh
+++ b/travis/build_env.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ esac
  if [[ "$os" == "Darwin" ]]; then 
 #  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew cask uninstall oclint || true  
 #  HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install gcc "$MPI_IMPL" openblas python3 ||true
-     HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install gcc "$MPI_IMPL" python3 gsed grep ||true
+     HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install gcc "$MPI_IMPL" python3 gsed grep automake autoconf ||true
      if [[ "$FC" == "ifort" ]]; then
          if [[ -f ~/apps/oneapi/setvars.sh ]]; then 
 	     echo ' using intel cache installation '