diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch b/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2df32ae49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+ 
++ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I M4
++
+ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gcc-werror
+ 
+ if BUILD_OCTAVE_MOD