diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce4b81735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/lib/stdio.in.h b/lib/stdio.in.h
+index b7f3b6f..7a4f423 100644
+--- a/lib/stdio.in.h
++++ b/lib/stdio.in.h
+@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not always POSIX compliant - "
+    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
+    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
+ #undef gets
++#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
+ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
++#endif
+ 
+ #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
+ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@