diff --git a/java-1_8_0-openjdk-autoconf27.patch b/java-1_8_0-openjdk-autoconf27.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b9a214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-1_8_0-openjdk-autoconf27.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Index: icedtea-3.22.0/autogen.sh
+===================================================================
+--- icedtea-3.22.0.orig/autogen.sh
++++ icedtea-3.22.0/autogen.sh
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for AUTOCONF in autoconf autoconf259; do
+         AUTOCONF_VERSION=`${AUTOCONF} --version | head -1 | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9.][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
+ #        echo ${AUTOCONF_VERSION}
+         case ${AUTOCONF_VERSION} in
+-            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* )
++            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* | 2.7[0-9]* )
+                 HAVE_AUTOCONF=true
+                 break;
+                 ;;
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ for AUTOHEADER in autoheader autoheader2
+         AUTOHEADER_VERSION=`${AUTOHEADER} --version | head -1 | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9.][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
+ #        echo ${AUTOHEADER_VERSION}
+         case ${AUTOHEADER_VERSION} in
+-            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* )
++            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* | 2.7[0-9]* )
+                 HAVE_AUTOHEADER=true
+                 break;
+                 ;;
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ for AUTORECONF in autoreconf; do
+         AUTORECONF_VERSION=`${AUTORECONF} --version | head -1 | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9.][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
+ #        echo ${AUTORECONF_VERSION}
+         case ${AUTORECONF_VERSION} in
+-            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* )
++            2.59* | 2.6[0-9]* | 2.7[0-9]* )
+                 HAVE_AUTORECONF=true
+                 break;
+                 ;;
diff --git a/java-1_8_0-openjdk.changes b/java-1_8_0-openjdk.changes
index 7445a6a..4eeeb5b 100644
--- a/java-1_8_0-openjdk.changes
+++ b/java-1_8_0-openjdk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  4 07:24:25 UTC 2022 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
+
+- Add java-1_8_0-openjdk-autoconf27.patch to accept autoconf 2.71
+  as autoconf 2.59 or later
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar  5 07:44:43 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/java-1_8_0-openjdk.spec b/java-1_8_0-openjdk.spec
index 82ecbae..45698d2 100644
--- a/java-1_8_0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-1_8_0-openjdk.spec
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ Patch14:        zero-javadoc-verbose.patch
 Patch103:       ppc-zero-hotspot.patch
 Patch1001:      java-1_8_0-openjdk-suse-desktop-files.patch
 Patch1002:      icedtea-3.8.0-s390.patch
+Patch1003:      java-1_8_0-openjdk-autoconf27.patch
 Patch2001:      disable-doclint-by-default.patch
 Patch2002:      JDK_1_8_0-8208602.patch
 Patch2003:      JDK-8076190.patch
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ this package unless you really need to.
 %ifarch s390
 %patch1002 -p1
 %endif
+%patch1003 -p1
 
 # Setup nss.fips.cfg
 sed -e "s:@NSS_LIBDIR@:%{NSS_LIBDIR}:g" %{SOURCE17} > nss.fips.cfg