diff --git a/libs/libsdl_mixer/Makefile b/libs/libsdl_mixer/Makefile
index 0b6bcd9f9..379727d37 100644
--- a/libs/libsdl_mixer/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsdl_mixer/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=65ada3d997fe85109191a5fb083f248c
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
+PKG_MACRO_PATHS:=acinclude
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/001-automake-compat.patch b/libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e879c3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+ AC_INIT(README)
+-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS($srcdir/build-scripts)
++AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-scripts])
+ 
+ dnl Set various version strings - taken gratefully from the GTk sources
+ 
diff --git a/libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/001-fix-linking.patch b/libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/002-fix-linking.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/001-fix-linking.patch
rename to libs/libsdl_mixer/patches/002-fix-linking.patch