diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch b/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8ba8c5ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ruN automake-1.15/m4/silent.m4 automake-1.15.mod/m4/silent.m4
+--- automake-1.15/m4/silent.m4	2014-12-30 22:53:05.000000000 +0100
++++ automake-1.15.mod/m4/silent.m4	2015-03-11 12:00:26.280586399 +0100
+@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
+ else
+   am_cv_make_support_nested_variables=no
+ fi])
+-if test $am_cv_make_support_nested_variables = yes; then
++#if test $am_cv_make_support_nested_variables = yes; then
++if false; then
+   dnl Using '$V' instead of '$(V)' breaks IRIX make.
+   AM_V='$(V)'
+   AM_DEFAULT_V='$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)'