diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index f79ba7036b2..7db2bb63b9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ makedepends="attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 libjpeg-turbo-devel
  libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel
  libbluetooth-devel pulseaudio-devel"
 
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -e "s,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g" -i pixman/configure.ac
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/65-kvm.rules 644 usr/lib/udev/rules.d
 	# qemu-bridge-helper must be setuid for non privileged users.