diff --git a/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk b/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
index 9d3d1e8cf4..b771576a1d 100644
--- a/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
+++ b/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
@@ -22,5 +22,14 @@ SDBUSPLUS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 SDBUSPLUS_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 SDBUSPLUS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
+# Autoreconf is missing the m4/ directory, which might actually be missing
+# iff it was the first argument, but unfortunately we are overriding the
+# first include directory above. Thus we need that hook here.
+define SDBUSPLUS_CREATE_M4
+       mkdir -p $(@D)/m4
+endef
+SDBUSPLUS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += SDBUSPLUS_CREATE_M4
+HOST_SDBUSPLUS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += SDBUSPLUS_CREATE_M4
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))