diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.39-mkinstalldirs.patch b/e2fsprogs-1.39-mkinstalldirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97964c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsprogs-1.39-mkinstalldirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- e2fsprogs-1.39/intl/Makefile.in.mkinstalldirs	2006-12-25 11:44:27.000000000 +0100
++++ e2fsprogs-1.39/intl/Makefile.in	2006-12-25 11:46:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
+ 
+ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
+ INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
+-MKINSTALLDIRS = @MKINSTALLDIRS@
+-mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(MKINSTALLDIRS)
++MKINSTALLDIRS = @MKDIR_P@
++mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p)
+ 
+ l = @INTL_LIBTOOL_SUFFIX_PREFIX@
+ 
+--- e2fsprogs-1.39/MCONFIG.in.mkinstalldirs	2006-12-25 11:47:09.000000000 +0100
++++ e2fsprogs-1.39/MCONFIG.in	2006-12-25 11:47:11.000000000 +0100
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
+ INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
+ INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
+ INSTALL_SCRIPT = @INSTALL_SCRIPT@
+-MKINSTALLDIRS = @MKINSTALLDIRS@
++MKINSTALLDIRS = @MKDIR_P@
+ 
+ #
+ # Library definitions
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 7418a64..4dbb824 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Utilities for managing the second and third extended (ext2/ext3) filesystems
 Name: e2fsprogs
 Version: 1.39
-Release: 8
+Release: 9
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source:  ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ Patch58: e2fsprogs-1.39-more_rounding_overflows.patch
 Patch59: e2fsprogs-1.39-large_file_size.patch
 Patch60: e2fsprogs-1.39-e2p_percent_div.patch
 Patch61: e2fsprogs-1.39-uuid.patch
+Patch62: e2fsprogs-1.39-mkinstalldirs.patch
 Url: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires: e2fsprogs-libs = %{version}-%{release}, device-mapper
-BuildRequires: gettext, texinfo, autoconf, automake, libselinux-devel
+BuildRequires: gettext, texinfo, autoconf, automake >= 1.10, libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires: libsepol-devel, gettext-devel, pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: device-mapper >= 1.02.02-3
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ also want to install e2fsprogs.
 %patch59 -p1 -b .large_file_size
 %patch60 -p1 -b .e2p_percent_div
 %patch61 -p1 -b .uuid
+%patch62 -p1 -b .mkinstalldirs
 
 %build
 aclocal
@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_mandir}/man3/uuid_unparse.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 25 2006 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> - 1.39-9
+- build fixes for new automake 1.10 (#220715)
+
 * Mon Dec 18 2006 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> - 1.39-8
 - make uuid_generate_time generate unique uuids (#218606)