diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 7b5738a..1815ab4 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ case `uname -sr` in
                 ;;
         FreeBSD*)
                 AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69
-                AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.12
+                AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.15
                 export AUTOCONF_VERSION
                 export AUTOMAKE_VERSION
                 ;;