diff --git a/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net/am_foreign.patch b/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net/am_foreign.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3ff7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net/am_foreign.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Nurd SDL_net-1.2.8/Makefile.am SDL_net-1.2.8/Makefile.am
+--- SDL_net-1.2.8/Makefile.am	2012-01-15 18:20:10.000000000 +0200
++++ SDL_net-1.2.8/Makefile.am	2014-08-01 21:18:52.720815807 +0300
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ # Makefile.am for the SDL sample image loading library and viewer
+ 
++AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
++
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libSDL_net.la
+ 
+ libSDL_netincludedir = $(includedir)/SDL
diff --git a/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net_1.2.8.bb b/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net_1.2.8.bb
index 5d26854..7cc5bff 100644
--- a/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net_1.2.8.bb
+++ b/dependencies/libsdl-net/libsdl-net_1.2.8.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=9cf3de2d872bf510f88eb20d06d700b5"
 SRC_URI = " \
   http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/release/SDL_net-${PV}.tar.gz \
   file://libtool2.patch \
+  file://am_foreign.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/SDL_net-${PV}"