diff --git a/packages/network/ntp/patches/ntp-4.2.6p5-automake_1.13.patch b/packages/network/ntp/patches/ntp-4.2.6p5-automake_1.13.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ec300922a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ntp/patches/ntp-4.2.6p5-automake_1.13.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur ntp-4.2.6p5-old/configure.ac ntp-4.2.6p5-new/configure.ac
+--- ntp-4.2.6p5-old/configure.ac	2011-09-22 20:17:25.000000000 -0700
++++ ntp-4.2.6p5-new/configure.ac	2013-01-03 19:05:39.000000000 -0800
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ dnl the 'host' machine is where the resulting stuff runs.
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([STR_SYSTEM], ["$host"],
+     [canonical system (cpu-vendor-os) of where we should run])
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ dnl AC_ARG_PROGRAM
+ 
+ ntp_atom_ok=${ntp_atom_ok=no}