diff --git a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
index 807123d427..9c46e6b84e 100644
--- a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://gcc.gnu.org/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_BOOTSTRAP="ccache:host autoconf-2.64:host binutils:host gmp:host mpfr:host mpc:host cloog:host ppl:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_BOOTSTRAP="ccache:host autoconf:host binutils:host gmp:host mpfr:host mpc:host cloog:host ppl:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="gcc:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host autoconf-2.64:host binutils:host gmp:host mpfr:host mpc:host cloog:host ppl:host eglibc"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host autoconf:host binutils:host gmp:host mpfr:host mpc:host cloog:host ppl:host eglibc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="gcc: The GNU Compiler Collection Version 4 (aka GNU C Compiler)"
diff --git a/packages/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch b/packages/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0c9919260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-allow-newer-autoconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From c611cd5416ff1042a4adec0e1b12c71e307b508d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:33:27 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] allow newer autoconf
+
+---
+ config/override.m4 |    9 ---------
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config/override.m4 b/config/override.m4
+index 52bd1c3..6c39656 100644
+--- a/config/override.m4
++++ b/config/override.m4
+@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ dnl   m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [X.Y])
+ dnl in configure.ac before AC_INIT,
+ dnl without rewriting this file.
+ dnl Or for updating the whole tree at once with the definition above.
+-AC_DEFUN([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION_CHECK],
+-[m4_if(m4_defn([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]),
+-  m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [],
+-  [m4_fatal([Please use exactly Autoconf ]_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION[ instead of ]m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION])[.])])
+-])
+-m4_define([AC_INIT], m4_defn([AC_INIT])[
+-_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION_CHECK
+-])
+-
+ 
+ dnl Ensure we do not use a buggy M4.
+ m4_if(m4_index([..wi.d.], [.d.]), [-1],
+-- 
+1.7.2.5
+