diff --git a/meta/packages/automake/files/path_prog_fixes.patch b/meta/packages/automake/automake/path_prog_fixes.patch
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rename from meta/packages/automake/files/path_prog_fixes.patch
rename to meta/packages/automake/automake/path_prog_fixes.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb b/meta/packages/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e75418181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/automake/automake_1.11.1.bb
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+require automake.inc
+
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "autoconf-native"
+
+RDEPENDS_automake += "\
+    autoconf \
+    perl \
+    perl-module-bytes \
+    perl-module-constant \
+    perl-module-cwd \
+    perl-module-data-dumper \
+    perl-module-dynaloader \
+    perl-module-errno \
+    perl-module-exporter-heavy \
+    perl-module-file-basename \
+    perl-module-file-compare \
+    perl-module-file-copy \
+    perl-module-file-glob \
+    perl-module-file-spec-unix \
+    perl-module-file-stat \
+    perl-module-getopt-long \
+    perl-module-io \
+    perl-module-io-file \
+    perl-module-posix \
+    perl-module-strict \
+    perl-module-text-parsewords \
+    perl-module-vars "
+
+RDEPENDS_automake-native = "autoconf-native perl-native-runtime"
+
+PATHFIXPATCH = "file://path_prog_fixes.patch;patch=1"
+PATHFIXPATCH_virtclass-native = ""
+
+SRC_URI += "${PATHFIXPATCH}"
+
+NATIVE_INSTALL_WORKS = "1"
+do_install () {
+	oe_runmake 'DESTDIR=${D}' install
+	install -d ${D}${datadir}
+	if [ ! -e ${D}${datadir}/aclocal ]; then
+		ln -sf aclocal-1.10 ${D}${datadir}/aclocal
+	fi
+	if [ ! -e ${D}${datadir}/automake ]; then
+		ln -sf automake-1.10 ${D}${datadir}/automake
+	fi
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"