diff --git a/libsndfile-1.0.17-autotools.patch b/libsndfile-1.0.17-autotools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b69e28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsndfile-1.0.17-autotools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -up libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4.orig libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4
+--- libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4.orig	2008-10-25 15:36:13.000000000 +0200
++++ libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4	2008-10-25 15:36:18.000000000 +0200
+@@ -266,11 +266,6 @@ else
+ 	ac_cv_c_big_endian=0
+ 	ac_cv_c_little_endian=0
+ 
+-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*****************************************************************]])
+-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** Not able to determine endian-ness of target processor.       ]])
+-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** The constants CPU_IS_BIG_ENDIAN and CPU_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN in  ]])
+-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** src/config.h may need to be hand editied.                    ]])
+-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*****************************************************************]])
+ 	fi
+ 
+ )# AC_C_FIND_ENDIAN
+diff -up libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac.orig libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac
+--- libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac.orig	2008-10-25 15:35:36.000000000 +0200
++++ libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac	2008-10-25 15:35:57.000000000 +0200
+@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ AC_LANG([C])
+ SHARED_VERSION_INFO="1:17:0"
+ 
+ AC_PROG_CC
++AM_PROG_CC_C_O
++AC_PROG_CXX
+ AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(autogen, autogen, yes, no)
diff --git a/libsndfile.spec b/libsndfile.spec
index d68e01c..62361b9 100644
--- a/libsndfile.spec
+++ b/libsndfile.spec
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ URL:		http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
 Source0:	http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/libsndfile-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         libsndfile-1.0.17+flac-1.1.3.patch
 Patch1:         libsndfile-1.0.17-flac-buffer-overflow.patch
+Patch2:         libsndfile-1.0.17-autotools.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	alsa-lib-devel, pkgconfig, flac-devel, sqlite-devel, libogg-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool, autoconf, automake
 Provides:	%{name}-octave = %{version}-%{release}
 
 
@@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ This package contains files needed to develop with libsndfile.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
-
+%patch2 -p1
+autoreconf
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 * Thu Oct 25 2008 Andreas Thienemann <andreas@bawue.net> - 1.0.17-6
 - Removed spurious #endif in the libsndfile.h wrapper. Thx to Edward
   Sheldrake for finding it. Fixes #468508.
+- Fix build for autoconf-2.63
 
 * Thu Oct 23 2008 Andreas Thienemann <andreas@bawue.net> - 1.0.17-5
 - Fixed multilib conflict. #342401