diff --git a/libs/liboil/patches/001-no-tools-docs-examples.patch b/libs/liboil/patches/001-no-tools-docs-examples.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cebc7010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/liboil/patches/001-no-tools-docs-examples.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ 
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = liboil testsuite examples doc
++SUBDIRS = liboil
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = COPYING autogen.sh gtk-doc.make HACKING BUG-REPORTING
+ 
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+-SUBDIRS = liboil testsuite examples doc
++SUBDIRS = liboil
+ EXTRA_DIST = COPYING autogen.sh gtk-doc.make HACKING BUG-REPORTING
+ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc
+ pkgconfig_DATA = liboil-$(LIBOIL_MAJORMINOR).pc