1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/validate b/validate
index 3b137262d5..262f4270f5 100755
--- a/validate
+++ b/validate
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if [ $testsuite_only -eq 0 ]; then
         INSTDIR="$thisdir/inst"
 
         python3 ./boot --validate
-        $configure_cmd --prefix="$INSTDIR" $config_args
+        $configure_cmd --prefix="$INSTDIR" --enable-tarballs-autodownload $config_args
     fi
 
     if [ "$use_hadrian" = "NO" ]