diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3556b4f47aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf, makeWrapper, doCheck ? false }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "automake-1.13.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/automake/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "12yi1bzkipi7qdmkdy77pazljsa9z7q66hi6c4rq73p7hbv6rkbf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl autoconf ];
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  # Disable indented log output from Make, otherwise "make.test" will
+  # fail.
+  preCheck = "unset NIX_INDENT_MAKE";
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  # The test suite can run in parallel.
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # Don't fixup "#! /bin/sh" in Libtool, otherwise it will use the
+  # "fixed" path in generated files!
+  dontPatchShebangs = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/";
+    description = "GNU Automake, a GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
+      `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding
+      Standards.  Automake requires the use of Autoconf.
+    '';
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index df1a4e1f5fc..e59ac0212d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2974,6 +2974,8 @@ let
       && stdenv.system != "i686-solaris";
   };
 
+  automake113x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.13.x.nix { };
+
   automoc4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automoc4 { };
 
   avrdude = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/avrdude { };