diff --git a/0001-build-support-for-automake-1.13.patch b/0001-build-support-for-automake-1.13.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c0c3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-build-support-for-automake-1.13.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From b639f8e30ff6d7190766c66129559fe3348ac58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:05:37 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] build: support for automake-1.13
+
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER is long obsolete; replace by the more timely
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS. Also nuke that ancient AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE syntax.
+---
+ configure.ac |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 30ae86b..eaf920e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ AC_INIT(Lhasa, 0.0.7, fraggle@gmail.com, lhasa)
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
+ 
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE_TARNAME, $PACKAGE_VERSION, no-define)
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([no-define])
+ m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+ 
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MAIN_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(TEST_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(ac_aux_dir)
+ 
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.hin)
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.hin])
+ 
+ AC_OUTPUT([
+     liblhasa.pc
+-- 
+1.7.10.4
+
diff --git a/lhasa.changes b/lhasa.changes
index 01893d6..6e775d3 100644
--- a/lhasa.changes
+++ b/lhasa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  7 13:13:00 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add 0001-build-support-for-automake-1.13.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 23:10:57 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/lhasa.spec b/lhasa.spec
index c922a9f..c7d394a 100644
--- a/lhasa.spec
+++ b/lhasa.spec
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ Summary:        Program to unpack LHARC archives
 License:        ISC
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Compression
 Url:            http://fragglet.github.com/lhasa/
-#Freecode-URL:	http://freecode.com/projects/lhasa
 
+#Freecode-URL:	http://freecode.com/projects/lhasa
 #Git-Clone:	git://github.com/fragglet/lhasa
 #DL-URL:	https://github.com/downloads/fragglet/lhasa/lhasa-0.0.7.tar.gz
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.xz
+Patch1:         0001-build-support-for-automake-1.13.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  xz
 
@@ -59,8 +63,10 @@ in %lname.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -P 1 -p1
 
 %build
+autoreconf -fi
 %configure --disable-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags};