diff --git a/automake-1_13.patch b/automake-1_13.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ec5f26
--- /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-ipmiutil-2.8.8/configure.in ./configure.in
+--- ../orig-ipmiutil-2.8.8/configure.in	2013-02-06 16:16:23.000000000 +0100
++++ ./configure.in	2013-02-28 14:34:28.241199677 +0100
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+ AC_INIT(util/ipmiutil.c)
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ipmiutil,2.8.8)
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
+ 
+ AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr) 
+ 
diff --git a/ipmiutil.changes b/ipmiutil.changes
index f4f2291..16ce766 100644
--- a/ipmiutil.changes
+++ b/ipmiutil.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 28 13:35:16 UTC 2013 - kkaempf@suse.com
+
+- Fix for automake 1.13
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 13:26:58 UTC 2013 - kkaempf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ipmiutil.spec b/ipmiutil.spec
index 15c099c..3bc8f4b 100644
--- a/ipmiutil.spec
+++ b/ipmiutil.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Summary:        Easy-to-use IPMI server management utilities
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          System/Management
 Source:         http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch:          automake-1_13.patch
 Url:            http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ useful for building custom IPMI applications.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fiv