diff --git a/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
index 1ccb4cf189..948f9563ff 100644
--- a/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.eglibc.org/"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="ccache:host autotools:host autoconf-2.68:host linux:host gcc:bootstrap"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="ccache:host autotools:host autoconf:host linux:host gcc:bootstrap"
 PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="eglibc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EGLIBC_EXCLUDE_BIN="$EGLIBC_EXCLUDE_BIN xtrace zdump zic"
 pre_build_target() {
   cd $PKG_BUILD
     aclocal --force --verbose
-    autoconf-2.68 --force --verbose
+    autoconf --force --verbose
   cd -
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/eglibc/patches/eglibc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch b/packages/devel/eglibc/patches/eglibc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33d7ead14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/eglibc/patches/eglibc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From b702bd4fdb4aaebb6aadb3ce773bcc9eea8d2dc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:05:37 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] allow newer autoconf
+
+---
+ aclocal.m4 |    5 -----
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
+index bc48586..0e3c7f4 100644
+--- a/aclocal.m4
++++ b/aclocal.m4
+@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ dnl We require that everyone use exactly the same Autoconf version so that
+ dnl the internal functions defined and used by the main configure script
+ dnl match those expected by the fragments.
+ m4_define([GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.68])
+-m4_if(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]), GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION, [],
+-      [m4_fatal(m4_flatten(
+-Exactly version GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION of Autoconf is required but you have
+-m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])
+-), [63])])dnl
+ dnl
+ dnl We define the macro GLIBC_PROVIDES to do an AC_PROVIDE for each macro
+ dnl which appears in configure.ac before the sysdep configure scripts are run.
+-- 
+1.7.2.5
+