diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch b/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a8c9fcb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/101-do-not-require-files.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- a/bin/automake.in
++++ b/bin/automake.in
+@@ -4513,7 +4513,7 @@ sub handle_gettext ()
+ 	    && grep ($_ eq 'intl', @subdirs));
+     }
+ 
+-  require_file ($ac_gettext_location, GNU, 'ABOUT-NLS');
++  require_file ($ac_gettext_location, GNITS, 'ABOUT-NLS');
+ }
+ 
+ # Emit makefile footer.
+@@ -5641,7 +5641,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
+           # otherwise require non-.md.
+           my $required
+            = (! -f $file && -f "$file.md") ? "$file.md" : $file;
+-          require_file ("$am_file.am", GNU, $required);
++          require_file ("$am_file.am", GNITS, $required);
+         }
+ 
+       # Accept one of these three licenses; default to COPYING.
+@@ -5655,7 +5655,7 @@ sub check_gnu_standards ()
+ 	      last;
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+-      require_file ("$am_file.am", GNU, 'COPYING')
++      require_file ("$am_file.am", GNITS, 'COPYING')
+ 	unless $license;
+     }
+