diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/200-fix_missing_py_compile.patch b/tools/automake/patches/200-fix_missing_py_compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b03bdff00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/automake/patches/200-fix_missing_py_compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: automake-1.11.3/lib/am/python.am
+===================================================================
+--- automake-1.11.3.orig/lib/am/python.am	2012-01-31 12:41:18.000000000 +0100
++++ automake-1.11.3/lib/am/python.am	2012-06-07 16:42:53.488515898 +0200
+@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
+ ## Installing.  ##
+ ## ------------ ##
+ 
+-if %?INSTALL%
+ ?FIRST?am__py_compile = PYTHON=$(PYTHON) $(SHELL) $(py_compile)
++if %?INSTALL%
+ am__installdirs += "$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)"
+ .PHONY install-%EXEC?exec:data%-am: install-%DIR%PYTHON
+ install-%DIR%PYTHON: $(%DIR%_PYTHON)