diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash.inc
index d55e517de1..876be1e42d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash.inc
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ ALTERNATIVE_PATH = "${base_bindir}/bash"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK = "${base_bindir}/sh"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 
-do_configure () {
-	gnu-configize
-	oe_runconf
+export AUTOHEADER = "true"
+
+do_configure_prepend () {
+	if [ ! -e acinclude.m4 ]; then
+		cat aclocal.m4 > acinclude.m4
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_3.2.48.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_3.2.48.bb
index 1520c4e6ba..f2ba5721c6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_3.2.48.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_3.2.48.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=fd5d9bcabd8ed5a54a01ce8d183d592a"
 DEPENDS = "ncurses"
 
-PR = "r7"
+PR = "r8"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/bash/bash-${PV}.tar.gz \
            ${GNU_MIRROR}/bash/bash-3.2-patches/bash32-049;apply=yes;striplevel=0 \
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ sbindir = "/sbin"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-ncurses"
 export CC_FOR_BUILD = "${BUILD_CC}"
 
-do_configure () {
-	gnu-configize
-	oe_runconf
+export AUTOHEADER = "true"
+
+do_configure_prepend () {
+	if [ ! -e acinclude.m4 ]; then
+		cat aclocal.m4 > acinclude.m4
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {