diff --git a/tools/automake/Makefile b/tools/automake/Makefile
index ff0f9b216..ee7966aee 100644
--- a/tools/automake/Makefile
+++ b/tools/automake/Makefile
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=automake
-PKG_VERSION:=1.10
+PKG_VERSION:=1.11.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/automake
-PKG_MD5SUM:=
+PKG_MD5SUM:=c2972c4d9b3e29c03d5f2af86249876f
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ define Host/Install
 	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
 	mv $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal.real
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-	ln -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.9
-	ln -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.10
+	ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.9
+	ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.10
+	ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.11
+	ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/aclocal-1.11.1
 endef
 
 define Host/Clean
diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch b/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
index e5f2d004b..c049b835d 100644
--- a/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/100-aclocal-skip-not-existing-directories.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/aclocal.in
 +++ b/aclocal.in
-@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($@)
+@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ sub scan_m4_dirs ($@)
  
    foreach my $m4dir (@dirlist)
      {