diff --git a/srcpkgs/libe-book/patches/boost159.patch b/srcpkgs/libe-book/patches/boost159.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4985d569e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libe-book/patches/boost159.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From b903d0dc91f482b348e5840e5a1df599ebd5e6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com>
+Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:57:14 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build with boost 1.59
+
+---
+ src/lib/Makefile.am | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.am b/src/lib/Makefile.am
+index 9931a22..35d35be 100644
+--- src/lib/Makefile.am
++++ src/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ libe_book_@EBOOK_MAJOR_VERSION@_@EBOOK_MINOR_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(version_inf
+ libe_book_@EBOOK_MAJOR_VERSION@_@EBOOK_MINOR_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = \
+ 	EBOOKDocument.cpp
+ 
++libe_book_internal_la_CPPFLAGS = -DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY
+ libe_book_internal_la_SOURCES = \
+ 	EBOOKBitStream.cpp \
+ 	EBOOKBitStream.h \
+-- 
+2.6.2
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libe-book/template b/srcpkgs/libe-book/template
index 2083dd5ed3d..01fcf00d9ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libe-book/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libe-book/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libe-book'
 pkgname=libe-book
 version=0.1.2
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-werror"
-hostmakedepends="gperf doxygen pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gperf doxygen pkg-config"
 makedepends="boost-devel icu-devel libcppunit-devel libxml2-devel librevenge-devel"
 short_desc="Import reflowable e-book formats"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libebook/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/libebook/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=7f894b1538b71c6cd96c976069c4dadb38b623612f0e35b2f6ee8a2c46bb88ec
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
 libe-book-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"