diff --git a/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/Makefile b/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/Makefile
index cabe04243712..ca4fcff8b10b 100644
--- a/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-DUAL.txt
 
 SVNVERSION=	0.11_trunk_2979
 
-USES=		perl5 ssl tar:tgz
+USES=		autoreconf perl5 ssl tar:tgz
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoconf aclocal autoheader
-ACLOCAL_ARGS+=	-I ${WRKSRC}/infrastructure/m4
 CFLAGS+=	-I${OPENSSLINC}
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${OPENSSLLIB}
 
diff --git a/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/files/patch-configure.ac b/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/files/patch-configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4dcffe3c865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/boxbackup-devel/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2011-08-21 10:24:10 UTC
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+ AC_INIT([Box Backup], 0.11, [boxbackup@boxbackup.org],[boxbackup])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/common/Box.h])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/common/BoxConfig.h])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([infrastructure/m4])
+ 
+ touch install-sh
+ AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM