autoreconf fails, wants `m4_pattern_allow` to be used

Created by: kunaltyagi

Error details

$ ./autogen.sh
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:28: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

System information

Alpine Edge

$ uname -a
Linux 1337503ac134 4.9.125-linuxkit #1 SMP Fri Sep 7 08:20:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 Linux

Git information

$ git rev-parse HEAD
58c8c4a40238fabdf425969580493e3001ec3443
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean