diff --git a/libunique/Pkgfile b/libunique/Pkgfile
index 0cd67708e..213bbfad9 100644
--- a/libunique/Pkgfile
+++ b/libunique/Pkgfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 name=libunique
 version=1.1.6
-release=2
+release=3
 source=(http://download.gnome.org/sources/$name/${version%.*}/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
         $name.patch)
 
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ build() {
   cd $name-$version
 
   patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name.patch
+
+  # fix for automake >= 1.13
+  sed -i configure.ac \
+      -e 's/^AM_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/' \
+      -e 's/AM_PROG_CC_STDC/AC_PROG_CC/'
+
   autoreconf
 
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \