diff --git a/gdl.spec b/gdl.spec
index 679bf45..de4ab32 100644
--- a/gdl.spec
+++ b/gdl.spec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ URL:            http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnudatalanguage/%{name}-%{version}rc1.tar.gz
 Source1:        gdl.csh
 Source2:        gdl.sh
+Patch0:         gdl-0.9rc1-automake.patch
 Patch1:		gdl-0.9pre5-ppc64.patch
 Patch2:		gdl-0.9pre6-gcc43.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ Systems Inc.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}rc1
+%patch0 -p0 -b .automake
 %patch1 -p1 -b .ppc64
 %patch2 -p1 -b .gcc43
 
diff --git a/plplot-0.9rc1-automake.patch b/plplot-0.9rc1-automake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485ae18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plplot-0.9rc1-automake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- src/Makefile.in.orig	2008-04-03 16:09:26.000000000 -0600
++++ src/Makefile.in	2008-04-05 23:09:23.000000000 -0600
+@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@
+ 	gdl-arrayindex.$(OBJEXT) gdl-fftw.$(OBJEXT) gdl-mpi.$(OBJEXT) \
+ 	gdl-plot3d_nr.$(OBJEXT)
+ @BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@am_gdl_OBJECTS = $(am__objects_2) \
+-@BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@	gdl-gdl.$(OBJEXT) \
+-@BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@	gdl-plot3d_nr.$(OBJEXT)
++@BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@	gdl-gdl.$(OBJEXT)
+ gdl_OBJECTS = $(am_gdl_OBJECTS)
+ @BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@gdl_DEPENDENCIES =  \
+ @BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@	$(top_builddir)/src/antlr/libantlr.a
+@@ -423,7 +422,7 @@
+ 		gdlzstream.cpp gdlzstream.hpp gdlwidget.hpp arrayindexlistt.hpp arrayindex.cpp \
+ 		fftw.cpp fftw.hpp mpi.cpp mpi.hpp plot3d_nr.cpp
+ 
+-@BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@gdl_SOURCES = $(cpp_hpp_files) gdl.cpp plot3d_nr.cpp
++@BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@gdl_SOURCES = $(cpp_hpp_files) gdl.cpp
+ # trigger basename generation
+ @BUILDASLIBRARY_FALSE@gdl_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
+ # the library search path.