diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 02556d4b83..aaaef95046 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-b43)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_b43legacy-firmwar
 endif
 
 tools-$(BUILD_TOOLCHAIN) += gmp mpfr mpc libelf expat
-tools-y += m4 libtool autoconf automake flex bison pkgconf mklibs zlib
+tools-y += m4 libtool autoconf autoconf-archive automake flex bison pkgconf mklibs zlib
 tools-y += sstrip make-ext4fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-image quilt padjffs2
 tools-y += mm-macros missing-macros cmake bc findutils gengetopt patchelf
diff --git a/tools/autoconf-archive/Makefile b/tools/autoconf-archive/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3d729f41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/autoconf-archive/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=autoconf-archive
+PKG_VERSION:=2019.01.06
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/autoconf-archive
+PKG_HASH:=17195c833098da79de5778ee90948f4c5d90ed1a0cf8391b4ab348e2ec511e3f
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--datarootdir=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/share
+
+define Host/Compile
+	export SHELL="$(BASH)"; $(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)
+endef
+
+define Host/Install
+	export SHELL="$(BASH)"; $(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
+endef
+
+define Host/Clean
+	-export SHELL="$(BASH)"; $(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) uninstall
+	$(call Host/Clean/Default)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))