diff --git a/meta/packages/hal/files/autoconf.diff b/meta/packages/hal/files/autoconf.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb30cccdbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/hal/files/autoconf.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- hal-0.5.9/configure.in~	2007-04-03 05:36:44.000000000 +0100
++++ hal-0.5.9/configure.in	2007-04-03 10:29:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ # Patches for that is welcome.
+ #
+ 
+-AC_PREREQ(2.59c)
++AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+ AC_INIT(hal, 0.5.9, david@fubar.dk)
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hal, 0.5.9)
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
diff --git a/meta/packages/hal/hal_0.5.9.bb b/meta/packages/hal/hal_0.5.9.bb
index 67298c2f69..2e8ffd96e1 100644
--- a/meta/packages/hal/hal_0.5.9.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/hal/hal_0.5.9.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS = "udev-utils"
 PR = "r1"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/hal-${PV}.tar.gz \
+        file://autoconf.diff;patch=1 \
         file://99_hal"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/hal-${PV}"