diff --git a/zlib-1.2.3-autotools.patch b/zlib-1.2.3-autotools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6baa034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zlib-1.2.3-autotools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+--- /dev/null	2007-02-20 10:06:12.587494888 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.3/Makefile.am	2007-02-20 13:22:36.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++lib_LTLIBRARIES = libz.la
++
++libz_la_SOURCES = \
++	adler32.c \
++	compress.c \
++	crc32.c \
++	gzio.c \
++	uncompr.c \
++	deflate.c \
++	trees.c \
++	zutil.c \
++	inflate.c \
++	infback.c \
++	inftrees.c \
++	inffast.c
++
++libz_la_LDFLAGS = \
++	-version-info 1:0:0
++
+--- /dev/null	2007-02-20 10:06:12.587494888 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.3/configure.ac	2007-02-20 13:22:46.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
++#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
++# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
++
++AC_PREREQ(2.61)
++AC_INIT([zlib], 1.2.3, [bugzilla.redhat.com])
++AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([minigzip.c])
++AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign])
++
++# Checks for programs.
++AC_PROG_CXX
++AC_PROG_CC
++AC_PROG_CPP
++AC_PROG_INSTALL
++AC_PROG_LN_S
++AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
++AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
++
++# Checks for libraries.
++# FIXME: Replace `main' with a function in `-lz':
++AC_CHECK_LIB([z], [main])
++
++# Checks for header files.
++AC_HEADER_STDC
++AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h unistd.h utime.h])
++
++# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
++AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
++AC_C_CONST
++AC_C_INLINE
++AC_TYPE_OFF_T
++AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
++AC_STRUCT_TM
++AC_C_VOLATILE
++AC_CHECK_TYPES([ptrdiff_t])
++
++# Checks for library functions.
++AC_FUNC_CHOWN
++AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE
++AC_FUNC_FSEEKO
++AC_FUNC_MALLOC
++AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
++AC_FUNC_MKTIME
++AC_FUNC_MMAP
++AC_FUNC_REALLOC
++AC_FUNC_STAT
++AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL
++AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftruncate memmove memset mkdir munmap strdup strerror strrchr strtol utime])
++
++AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
++AC_OUTPUT