diff --git a/anaconda.spec b/anaconda.spec
index fb0062225e96b40633133f78405250ecf451b35a..4284fdd70fe26bc5e0fbfa1481d6a6a196252778 100644
--- a/anaconda.spec
+++ b/anaconda.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %define _empty_manifest_terminate_build 0
 Name:    anaconda
 Version: 36.16.5
-Release: 38
+Release: 39
 Summary: Graphical system installer
 License: GPLv2+ and MIT
 URL:     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ runtime on NFS/HTTP/FTP servers or local disks.
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
 
 %build
+# remove pre-generated configure file that requires hardcoded aclocal version
+# that won't be satisfied on oE 24.09+, generate it again with autoreconf
+rm -rvf ./configure
+autoreconf -f -i -v
 # use actual build-time release number, not tarball creation time release number
 %if "%toolchain" == "clang"
 %configure ANACONDA_RELEASE=%{release} CC=clang
@@ -318,6 +322,12 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 %{_prefix}/libexec/anaconda/dd_*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 20 2024 jchzhou <zhoujiacheng@iscas.ac.cn> - 36.16.5-39
+- Type:bugfix
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC: remove obsolete 'configure' file & generate it again with autoreconf
+
 * Tue Aug 20 2024 songmingliang <songmingliang@uniontech.com> - 36.16.5-38
 - Type:bugfix
 - ID:NA