diff --git a/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch b/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4773dbc69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From fc19cd1da6161ec5602e692488dfc8e670797afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:10:03 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] meh help2man
+
+---
+ Makefile.in |    2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index 5a336df..2d2029b 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ update_mans = \
+   $(AM_V_GEN): \
+     && $(MKDIR_P) doc \
+     && $(extend_PATH) \
+-    && $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@
++    && $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@ --no-discard-stderr
+ 
+ amhello_sources = \
+   doc/amhello/configure.ac \
+-- 
+1.7.2.5
+