diff --git a/admin/update_autogen b/admin/update_autogen
index 91889b629a0..73141f8ccea 100755
--- a/admin/update_autogen
+++ b/admin/update_autogen
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ modified=$(status ${autogendir:+$sources} ${ldefs_flag:+lisp} ${info_flag:+doc})
 }
 
 
+[ -e nt/gnulib.mk ] || touch nt/gnulib.mk # bug#25359
+
 echo "Running autoreconf..."
 
 autoreconf ${clean:+-f} -i -I m4 2>| $tempfile