diff --git a/package/m4/m4-1.4.8-001-MB_CUR_MAX.patch b/package/m4/m4-1.4.8-001-MB_CUR_MAX.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fce36731b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/m4/m4-1.4.8-001-MB_CUR_MAX.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- m4-1.4.8.orig/lib/regcomp.c	2006-09-24 06:28:37.000000000 +0200
++++ m4-1.4.8/lib/regcomp.c	2007-01-06 20:53:10.000000000 +0100
+@@ -871,6 +871,10 @@ init_dfa (re_dfa_t *dfa, size_t pat_len)
+   dfa->state_table = calloc (sizeof (struct re_state_table_entry), table_size);
+   dfa->state_hash_mask = table_size - 1;
+ 
++#ifndef MB_CUR_MAX
++#define MB_CUR_MAX (0)
++#endif
++
+   dfa->mb_cur_max = MB_CUR_MAX;
+ #ifdef _LIBC
+   if (dfa->mb_cur_max == 6
diff --git a/package/m4/m4.mk b/package/m4/m4.mk
index 255f52c85d..5ecdaae556 100644
--- a/package/m4/m4.mk
+++ b/package/m4/m4.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # m4
 #
 #############################################################
-M4_VER:=1.4.4
+M4_VER:=1.4.8
 M4_SOURCE:=m4-$(M4_VER).tar.bz2
 M4_CAT:=$(BZCAT)
 M4_SITE:=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4