diff --git a/lirc.changes b/lirc.changes
index 3d316ea..e121871 100644
--- a/lirc.changes
+++ b/lirc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar  2 13:03:37 UTC 2013 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- fix build with automake-1.13.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 20:15:34 UTC 2012 - alinm.elena@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/lirc.spec b/lirc.spec
index baff595..7f87347 100644
--- a/lirc.spec
+++ b/lirc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package lirc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ cp %{SOURCE8} .
 #find . -type d -name CVS -print0 | xargs -0 -- rm -rf
 #find . -name .cvsignore  -print0 | xargs -0 -- rm -rf
 
+# automake 1.13 deprecated the old macro
+sed -i 's/AM_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/' configure.ac
+mkdir m4
+
 %build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1020
 # XXX: hw_i2cuser doesn't build on sles10