diff --git a/libmemcached-automake1_14.diff b/libmemcached-automake1_14.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b2a636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmemcached-automake1_14.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: 2014-12-09 17:23:13.621597902 +0100
+References: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19311
+
+build: do not set compilers _too_ early / workaround automake regression
+---
+ configure.ac |    8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+Index: libmemcached-1.0.18/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- libmemcached-1.0.18.orig/configure.ac
++++ libmemcached-1.0.18/configure.ac
+@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ m4_include([version.m4])
+ AC_PREREQ([2.61])
+ AC_INIT([libmemcached],VERSION_NUMBER,[http://libmemcached.org/])
+ 
+-# Setup the compilers early on
+-AC_PROG_CC([cc gcc clang])
+-AC_PROG_CXX([c++ g++ clang++])
+-
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ 
+@@ -61,6 +57,10 @@ LT_LIB_M
+ 
+ AC_SUBST([lt_cv_dlopen_libs])
+ 
++# Setup the compilers early on
++AC_PROG_CC([cc gcc clang])
++AC_PROG_CXX([c++ g++ clang++])
++
+ 
+ AC_PROG_CC_C99
+ AS_IF([test "x${ac_cv_prog_cc_c99}" == "xno"],[AC_MSG_ERROR([No c99 compatible compiler found])])
diff --git a/libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch b/libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8090fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Index: libmemcached-1.0.18/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- libmemcached-1.0.18.orig/Makefile.am
++++ libmemcached-1.0.18/Makefile.am
+@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST=
+ dist_man_MANS=
+ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES=
+ 
++if IS_VCS_CHECKOUT
++SUBDIRS= docs
++endif
++
+ #includes additional rules from aminclude.am
+ @INC_AMINCLUDE@
+ 
+@@ -57,7 +61,6 @@ endif
+ include libmemcachedutil-1.0/include.am
+ 
+ include clients/include.am
+-include docs/include.am
+ include man/include.am
+ 
+ if BUILD_LIBMEMCACHED_PROTOCOL
+@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ merge-clean:
+ 	@echo "Files that need to be either removed or checked in:"
+ 	@bzr unknowns
+ 
+-clean-local: clean-libtest-check clean-docs-check clean-rpm
++clean-local: clean-libtest-check clean-rpm
+ 
+ 
+ lcov: lcov-clean check
diff --git a/libmemcached-pthread.patch b/libmemcached-pthread.patch
index 2186ae3..588c2f8 100644
--- a/libmemcached-pthread.patch
+++ b/libmemcached-pthread.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 === modified file 'm4/ax_pthread.m4'
-Index: m4/ax_pthread.m4
+---
+ m4/ax_pthread.m4 |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: libmemcached-1.0.18/m4/ax_pthread.m4
 ===================================================================
---- m4/ax_pthread.m4.orig
-+++ m4/ax_pthread.m4
+--- libmemcached-1.0.18.orig/m4/ax_pthread.m4
++++ libmemcached-1.0.18/m4/ax_pthread.m4
 @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ fi
  # which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
  # which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
diff --git a/libmemcached.changes b/libmemcached.changes
index 9c49c15..618e18e 100644
--- a/libmemcached.changes
+++ b/libmemcached.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 16 17:31:06 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch: Do not build
+  documentation if this is not a VC checkout. The idea is that the
+  tarballs do only ship the pre-built documentation (which, on the
+  other hand, is also missing in 1.0.18).
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec  9 16:24:59 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Let signature verification happen through source validator
+  instead of gpg-offline in %prep
+- Add libmemcached-automake1_14.diff to workaround an automake
+  regression. Rediff libmemcached-pthread.patch for -p1.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 31 10:46:47 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
 
diff --git a/libmemcached.spec b/libmemcached.spec
index 064b8aa..b24bbfe 100644
--- a/libmemcached.spec
+++ b/libmemcached.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Source1:        https://launchpad.net/libmemcached/1.0/%{version}/+download/libm
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM libmemcached-pthread.patch lp#133614 dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix pthread detection
 Patch0:         libmemcached-pthread.patch
+Patch1:         libmemcached-automake1_14.diff
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Do not build docs if not VCS checkout
+Patch2:         libmemcached-no-docs-available.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # List of additional build dependencies
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.13
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  memcached
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 # needed for man pages
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
 BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
 
 %description
@@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ memory usage, thread safe, and provide full access to server side
 methods.
 
 %prep
-%gpg_verify %{S:1}
 %setup -q
-%patch0
+%patch -P 0 -P 1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fiv