diff --git a/mathgl-allow-autoconf-2p59.patch b/mathgl-allow-autoconf-2p59.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f90eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mathgl-allow-autoconf-2p59.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- configure.ac	2009-07-01 09:50:10.000000000 -0600
++++ configure.ac.new	2009-09-14 05:26:25.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ AC_INIT(mgl/mgl_main.cpp)
+ 
++AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+ MGL_RELEASE=1.8
+ AC_SUBST(MGL_RELEASE)
+ 
+@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
+ esac],[qt=false])
+ if (test x$all = xtrue || test x$qt = xtrue) ;then
+     AT_WITH_QT
+-    AT_REQUIRE_QT_VERSION(4.3)
++#    AT_REQUIRE_QT_VERSION(4.3)
+     test_qt=true
+ fi
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_QT, test x$test_qt = xtrue)
diff --git a/mathgl-disable-texinfo-html.patch b/mathgl-disable-texinfo-html.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdb7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mathgl-disable-texinfo-html.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- texinfo/Makefile.am	2009-07-01 09:50:10.000000000 -0600
++++ texinfo/Makefile.am.new	2009-09-14 06:10:13.000000000 -0600
+@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
+ uninstall-local:
+ 	rm -rf $(mglpng)
+ 
+-all-local: html pdf
++all-local: pdf