diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/patches/fix-build.patch b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/patches/fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86459edbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/patches/fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2015-06-07 20:31:31.690834276 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2015-06-07 20:31:55.617835373 +0200
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ AC_INIT(cinnamon-desktop, 2.6.4)
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(libcinnamon-desktop)
+ 
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar subdir-objects])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar])
+ m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
index 9a509de2bc..e8686d9025 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cinnamon-desktop'
 pkgname=cinnamon-desktop
-version=2.4.2
+version=2.6.4
 revision=1
 short_desc="Library with common API for various Cinnamon modules"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=62e2ff4fad405f8d4e7259dbeb2daf65c6f8b9995f2bb1e595a7cc0c2a7f9e0a
+checksum=d40fc57202408476ff0bfa191958f16de07cf4c00d911bef57c3107c8e483970
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh