diff --git a/automake-1_13.patch b/automake-1_13.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3104b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automake-1_13.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -wruN -x '*~' -x '*.o' -x '*.a' -x '*.so' -x '*.so.[0-9]' -x autom4te.cache -x .deps -x .libs -x Makefile -x Makefile.in ../orig-freeipmi-1.2.5/configure.ac ./configure.ac
+--- ../orig-freeipmi-1.2.5/configure.ac	2013-02-26 23:25:53.000000000 +0100
++++ ./configure.ac	2013-02-28 12:03:24.843417885 +0100
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([tar-ustar subdir-objects 1.9])
+ 
+ dnl create a config.h file
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config/config.h])
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config/config.h])
+ 
+ dnl define output files
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
diff --git a/freeipmi.changes b/freeipmi.changes
index 2bd4270..8a2c820 100644
--- a/freeipmi.changes
+++ b/freeipmi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 28 11:18:34 UTC 2013 - kkaempf@suse.com
+
+- fix for automake 1.13
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 08:02:52 UTC 2013 - kkaempf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/freeipmi.spec b/freeipmi.spec
index 8190021..1b49e02 100644
--- a/freeipmi.spec
+++ b/freeipmi.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Release:        %{release}
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 # buffer overflow, reported upstream, kkaempf@suse.de
-Patch:          fix-buffer-overflow.patch
+Patch1:         fix-buffer-overflow.patch
+# Automake 1.13 needs AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, kkaempf@suse.de
+Patch2:         automake-1_13.patch
 Summary:        FreeIPMI
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          System/Management
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ This service detects and monitors IPMI nodes.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch -p1
+%patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1110