diff --git a/tools/quilt/Makefile b/tools/quilt/Makefile
index b973eb404f..221398f29b 100644
--- a/tools/quilt/Makefile
+++ b/tools/quilt/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=f77adda60039ffa753f3c584a286f12b
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 define Host/Configure
+	cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) && autoconf
 	$(call Host/Configure/Default)
 	[ -f $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/Makefile ]
 endef
diff --git a/tools/quilt/patches/100-patch_2.6.1_version.patch b/tools/quilt/patches/100-patch_2.6.1_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84f275318c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/quilt/patches/100-patch_2.6.1_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fi
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([the version of $PATCH])
+ if $PATCH --version 2> /dev/null | grep GNU >/dev/null; then
+   set -- `$PATCH --version 2> /dev/null`
+-  patch_version=$2
++  test $2 == "patch" && patch_version=$3 || patch_version=$2
+   AC_MSG_RESULT($patch_version)
+   saved_IFS=$IFS; IFS='.'
+   set -- $patch_version