diff --git a/libwmf-0.2.8.4-autoheader.patch b/libwmf-0.2.8.4-autoheader.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f780e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libwmf-0.2.8.4-autoheader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- libwmf-0.2.8.4/configure.in
++++ libwmf-0.2.8.4/configure.in	2016-10-26 12:34:46.135676726 +0100
+@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
+ # Specify a configuration file
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(wmfconfig.h)
+ 
+-# A despicable hack:
+-AUTOHEADER="autoheader -l patches"
+-AC_SUBST(AUTOHEADER)
+-
+ # CFLAGS to be listed by libwmf-config should be added to this:
+ WMF_CONFIG_CFLAGS=
+