diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc-0003-automake-add-subdir-objects-option.patch b/package/vlc/vlc-0003-automake-add-subdir-objects-option.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea6a38fea
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+++ b/package/vlc/vlc-0003-automake-add-subdir-objects-option.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+automake: add subdir-objects option
+
+Our version of automake warns if this option is enabled and source files
+in subdirectories are used.
+
+It doesn't really seems to have a noticable effect on the build, but it
+does remove a lot of annoying warnings.
+
+Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
+
+diff -Nrup vlc-2.1.2.orig/configure.ac vlc-2.1.2/configure.ac
+--- vlc-2.1.2.orig/configure.ac	2014-02-27 00:22:19.512944952 +0100
++++ vlc-2.1.2/configure.ac	2014-02-27 00:24:21.360940651 +0100
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+ AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
+ 
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar color-tests foreign)
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar color-tests foreign subdir-objects)
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ 
+ # Disable with "./configure --disable-silent-rules" or "make V=1"