diff --git a/libs/glib2/Makefile b/libs/glib2/Makefile
index 1aabbe391..b4d907aa1 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/glib2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2012 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libintl/host libiconv/host libffi/host
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/glib-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f8ce37ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/gtk-doc.make
++++ b/gtk-doc.make
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ uninstall-local:
+ #
+ # Require gtk-doc when making dist
+ #
+-if HAVE_GTK_DOC
++if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+ dist-check-gtkdoc: docs
+ else
+ dist-check-gtkdoc:
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/100-fix-gio-linking.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/100-fix-gio-linking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22ac62f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/100-fix-gio-linking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/gio/Makefile.am
++++ b/gio/Makefile.am
+@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = gio-querymodules glib-com
+ 
+ glib_compile_resources_LDADD = libgio-2.0.la 		\
+ 	$(top_builddir)/gobject/libgobject-2.0.la	\
++	$(top_builddir)/gmodule/libgmodule-2.0.la	\
+ 	$(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-2.0.la 		\
+ 	$(NULL)
+