diff --git a/sgml-common.spec b/sgml-common.spec
index 321e363..929ba72 100644
--- a/sgml-common.spec
+++ b/sgml-common.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name: sgml-common
 Version: 0.6.3
-Release: 37%{?dist}
+Release: 38%{?dist}
 Group: Applications/Text
 
 Summary: Common SGML catalog and DTD files
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Patch1: sgml-common-xmldir.patch
 Patch2: sgml-common-quotes.patch
 
 BuildRequires: libxml2
-BuildRequires: automake14
+BuildRequires: automake
 Requires: /bin/basename
 
 %description
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ but that don't need to be included in main package.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .quotes
 
 # replace bogus links with files
+automakedir=`ls -1d /usr/share/automake* | head -n +1`
 for file in COPYING INSTALL install-sh missing mkinstalldirs; do
    rm $file
-   cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.4/$file .
+   cp -p $automakedir/$file .
 done
 
 %build
@@ -165,6 +166,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/xml/xml.xsd
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 11 2012 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 0.6.3-38
+- get rid of the explicit automake14 requirement
+
 * Sat Jul 21 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.3-37
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild