diff --git a/windows-installer/install-essencials.sh b/windows-installer/install-essencials.sh
index 6f979680d4b576e8dc2e3b5e75a439e525fb56c4..493c37d011842a1c8df93d1a61d2627b1db1866d 100755
--- a/windows-installer/install-essencials.sh
+++ b/windows-installer/install-essencials.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-REQUIRED_PKGS="wine gcc-mingw-w64 p7zip-full"
+REQUIRED_PKGS="wine gcc-mingw-w64 p7zip-full autoconf"
 pkgs_to_install=""
 for pkg in $REQUIRED_PKGS; do
     if ! dpkg --get-selections $pkg | grep -q -w install$; then
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for pkg in $REQUIRED_PKGS; do
     fi
 done
 
-test -z $pkgs_to_install || sudo apt-get install $pkgs_to_install -y
+test -z $pkgs_to_install || sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa || sudo update apt-get installsudo apt-get install $pkgs_to_install -y
 
 required_wine_pkgs="/tmp/nsis-2.45.exe /tmp/python-2.7.5.msi /tmp/py2exe.exe /tmp/pywin32.exe /tmp/wmi.exe"