diff --git a/giflib/giflib.patch b/giflib/giflib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5f47ae600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/giflib/giflib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: configure.ac
+--- configure.ac.orig	2005-10-10 08:22:20.000000000 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2006-09-12 08:32:26.472978472 +0200
+@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
+ 
+ dnl Find a way to define a 32 bit integer
+ foundint=no
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/types.h], [
++AC_CHECK_TYPES([u_int32_t], [
+ 	AC_DEFINE([UINT32], u_int32_t,
+ 		  [Set to an unsigned 32 bit integer available on this system])
+ 	foundint=yes]
+ )
+ 
+ if test x$foundint != x'yes'; then
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h], [
++AC_CHECK_TYPES([uint32_t], [
+ 	 AC_DEFINE([UINT32], uint32_t,
+ 		  [Set to an unsigned 32 bit integer available on this system])
+ 	 foundint=yes]
diff --git a/giflib/giflib.spec b/giflib/giflib.spec
index 21017d5da0..d9469c89bf 100644
--- a/giflib/giflib.spec
+++ b/giflib/giflib.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Class:        PLUS
 Group:        Graphics
 License:      LGPL
 Version:      %{V_main}
-Release:      20060524
+Release:      20060912
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_tools  no
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ Release:      20060524
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libungif/giflib-%{V_giflib}.tar.gz
 Source1:      http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libungif/libungif-%{V_libungif}.tar.gz
+Patch0:       giflib.patch
 
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20040130, gcc
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20040130, gcc, autoconf
 PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20040130
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
@@ -77,10 +78,17 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 %prep
     %setup -q -c
     %setup -q -T -D -a 1
+    %patch -p0 -d giflib-%{V_giflib}
 
 %build
     ( cd giflib-%{V_giflib}
+      %{l_prefix}/bin/autoconf
+      %{l_prefix}/bin/autoheader
       echo "ac_cv_lib_X11_main=no" >config.cache
+      AUTOCONF="true" \
+      AUTOHEADER="true" \
+      AUTOMAKE="true" \
+      ACLOCAL="true" \
       CC="%{l_cc}" \
       CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
       ./configure \