diff --git a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
index 4b7ccd6a6f..fad2b7fe94 100644
--- a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="automake"
-PKG_VERSION="1.15.1"
-PKG_SHA256="af6ba39142220687c500f79b4aa2f181d9b24e4f8d8ec497cea4ba26c64bedaf"
+PKG_VERSION="1.16.4"
+PKG_SHA256="80facc09885a57e6d49d06972c0ae1089c5fa8f4d4c7cfe5baea58e5085f136d"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://sources.redhat.com/automake/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/automake/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch b/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch
index 4773dbc69d..7d5fa126d1 100644
--- a/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch
+++ b/packages/devel/automake/patches/automake-01-fix-help2man.patch
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ index 5a336df..2d2029b 100644
 --- a/Makefile.in
 +++ b/Makefile.in
 @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ update_mans = \
+ update_mans = \
    $(AM_V_GEN): \
      && $(MKDIR_P) doc \
-     && $(extend_PATH) \
--    && $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@
-+    && $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@ --no-discard-stderr
+-    && ./pre-inst-env $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@
++    && ./pre-inst-env $(PERL) $(srcdir)/doc/help2man --output=$@ --no-discard-stderr
  
- amhello_sources = \
-   doc/amhello/configure.ac \
+ checklinkx = $(top_srcdir)/contrib/checklinkx
+ # that 4-second sleep seems to be what gnu.org likes.
 -- 
 1.7.2.5