diff --git a/thttpd.changes b/thttpd.changes
index ee9ab4d..ff67e7f 100644
--- a/thttpd.changes
+++ b/thttpd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 29 14:06:26 UTC 2012 - puzel@suse.com
+
+- fix build with automake 1.12 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 22 09:33:49 UTC 2012 - dvaleev@suse.com
 
diff --git a/thttpd.spec b/thttpd.spec
index 7b7485e..7435642 100644
--- a/thttpd.spec
+++ b/thttpd.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           thttpd
-Provides:       http_daemon 
+Provides:       http_daemon
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq %insserv_prereq permissions
 Version:        2.25b
 Release:        0
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        Small and very simple webserver
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Web/Servers
-BuildRequires:  libtool automake
+BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 
 %description
 Thttpd is a very compact no-frills httpd serving daemon that can handle
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch12
 
 %build
-cp /usr/share/automake-1.11/config.* .
+cp /usr/share/automake-1.11/config.* . ||  cp /usr/share/automake-1.12/config.* .
 # update server root path
 sed -i "s@__SRVROOT__@%{serverroot}/htdocs@g" README.SuSE SuSE/etc/thttpd.conf
 sed -i "s@__PREFIX__@%{_prefix}@g;\