diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/build
index c042abb9e3..c59aaae725 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --target=$TARGET_NAME \
             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+            --disable-silent-rules
 
 make
 make install
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/meta
index ab46d9b232..8647a27d9e 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/automake/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="automake"
-PKG_VERSION="1.12.6"
+PKG_VERSION="1.13.1"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"