diff --git a/srcpkgs/libabw/patches/boost.patch b/srcpkgs/libabw/patches/boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e11e791cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libabw/patches/boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From ee2d0729315888d1847587ad556470d2fdc883a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com>
+Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:05:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build with boost 1.59
+
+Change-Id: I5645629526a8d9d896e4faeb2c7b9ea88540fd23
+---
+ src/lib/Makefile.am | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.am b/src/lib/Makefile.am
+index 5766f39..d12d8e2 100644
+--- src/lib/Makefile.am
++++ src/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ generated_files = \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/src/lib/tokens.h \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/src/lib/tokenhash.h
+ 
++libabw_@ABW_MAJOR_VERSION@_@ABW_MINOR_VERSION@_la_CPPFLAGS = -DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED
+ libabw_@ABW_MAJOR_VERSION@_@ABW_MINOR_VERSION@_la_LIBADD  = $(REVENGE_LIBS) $(LIBXML_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS) @LIBABW_WIN32_RESOURCE@
+ libabw_@ABW_MAJOR_VERSION@_@ABW_MINOR_VERSION@_la_DEPENDENCIES = @LIBABW_WIN32_RESOURCE@
+ libabw_@ABW_MAJOR_VERSION@_@ABW_MINOR_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(version_info) -export-dynamic $(no_undefined)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libabw/template b/srcpkgs/libabw/template
index ee9ad2609d..80ad456aec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libabw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libabw/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libabw'
 pkgname=libabw
 version=0.1.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Library that parses the file format of AbiWord documents"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ license="MPL"
 homepage="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw"
 distfiles="http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 makedepends="librevenge-devel boost-devel libxml2-devel"
-hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config perl gperf"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config perl gperf"
 checksum=cfc698c2dd4ab592138a941ae26e2e18c3dac69bc196b5167df7f5eb88fc217e
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 libabw-devel_package() {
 	depends="libabw>=${version}_${revision} $makedepends"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"