diff --git a/fontconfig.changes b/fontconfig.changes
index 4ac553b..3769e3e 100644
--- a/fontconfig.changes
+++ b/fontconfig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  4 09:40:31 UTC 2013 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- build with automake 1.13
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 13 10:08:11 UTC 2013 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/fontconfig.spec b/fontconfig.spec
index e75c6c0..5dedb55 100644
--- a/fontconfig.spec
+++ b/fontconfig.spec
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ accepts font patterns and returns the nearest matching font.
 %patch4
 
 %build
+# ----- build with automake 1.13
+# work around from https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33406
+find . -name Makefile.am -exec sed -i "s/\(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=.*\) sh/\1/" {} \;
+chmod u+x test/run-test.sh
+chmod u+x doc/check-missing-doc
+# -----
 autoreconf -fiv
 %configure --with-pic --with-arch=%_host_cpu \
         --disable-static \