diff --git a/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-link-against-libx11.patch b/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-link-against-libx11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f571e77450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-link-against-libx11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Link against libX11
+
+fm-desktop.c uses XSendEvent, so we should link against libX11.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+Index: b/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
+ 
+ pkg_modules="gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6.0 \
+              gthread-2.0 \
+-             libstartup-notification-1.0"
++             libstartup-notification-1.0 \
++	     x11"
+ 
+ AC_FUNC_MMAP
+ 
diff --git a/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.mk b/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.mk
index 1f1a330fc3..e4c23ec9bf 100644
--- a/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.mk
+++ b/package/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PCMANFM_SOURCE = pcmanfm-$(PCMANFM_VERSION).tar.gz
 PCMANFM_SITE = http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pcmanfm
 PCMANFM_CONF_OPT = --disable-hal
 PCMANFM_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libgtk2 gamin startup-notification xserver_xorg-server
+PCMANFM_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))