diff --git a/package/madplay/0002-buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch.patch b/package/madplay/0002-buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2be336384b..0000000000
--- a/package/madplay/0002-buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-From ce661985c098635965573aac8fc983a72f60d396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 16:42:34 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch
-
-Apply buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch rebased on libtool 1.5.2 used
-in madplay and fixing all conflicts.
-
-Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
----
- ltmain.sh | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/ltmain.sh b/ltmain.sh
-index 4b9f940..0b71220 100644
---- a/ltmain.sh
-+++ b/ltmain.sh
-@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ do
-   arg="$1"
-   shift
- 
-+  # Make -static behave as -all-static
-+  case $arg in
-+  -static) arg="-all-static" ;;
-+  esac
-+
-   case $arg in
-   -*=*) optarg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
-   *) optarg= ;;
-@@ -549,8 +554,9 @@ if test -z "$show_help"; then
- 	# line option must be used.
- 	if test -z "$tagname"; then
- 	  $echo "$modename: unable to infer tagged configuration"
--	  $echo "$modename: specify a tag with \`--tag'" 1>&2
--	  exit 1
-+	  $echo "$modename: defaulting to \`CC'"
-+	  $echo "$modename: if this is not correct, specify a tag with \`--tag'"
-+#	  exit 1
- #        else
- #          $echo "$modename: using $tagname tagged configuration"
- 	fi
-@@ -1228,7 +1234,8 @@ EOF
-       prevarg="$arg"
- 
-       case $arg in
--      -all-static)
-+      # Make -static behave like -all-static
-+      -all-static | -static)
- 	if test -n "$link_static_flag"; then
- 	  compile_command="$compile_command $link_static_flag"
- 	  finalize_command="$finalize_command $link_static_flag"
-@@ -2135,8 +2142,14 @@ EOF
- 	    absdir="$abs_ladir"
- 	    libdir="$abs_ladir"
- 	  else
--	    dir="$libdir"
--	    absdir="$libdir"
-+            # Adding 'libdir' from the .la file to our library search paths
-+            # breaks crosscompilation horribly.  We cheat here and don't add
-+            # it, instead adding the path where we found the .la.  -CL
-+	    dir="$abs_ladir"
-+	    absdir="$abs_ladir"
-+	    libdir="$abs_ladir"
-+	    #dir="$libdir"
-+	    #absdir="$libdir"
- 	  fi
- 	else
- 	  dir="$ladir/$objdir"
-@@ -2261,7 +2274,7 @@ EOF
- 	   { test "$prefer_static_libs" = no || test -z "$old_library"; }; then
- 	  if test "$installed" = no; then
- 	    notinst_deplibs="$notinst_deplibs $lib"
--	    need_relink=yes
-+	    need_relink=no
- 	  fi
- 	  # This is a shared library
- 	
-@@ -5146,6 +5159,10 @@ fi\
- 	    # Replace all uninstalled libtool libraries with the installed ones
- 	    newdependency_libs=
- 	    for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
-+              # Replacing uninstalled with installed can easily break crosscompilation,
-+              # since the installed path is generally the wrong architecture.  -CL
-+              newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs $deplib"
-+              continue
- 	      case $deplib in
- 	      *.la)
- 		name=`$echo "X$deplib" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'`
-@@ -5464,10 +5481,13 @@ relink_command=\"$relink_command\""
- 	  # At present, this check doesn't affect windows .dll's that
- 	  # are installed into $libdir/../bin (currently, that works fine)
- 	  # but it's something to keep an eye on.
--	  if test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir"; then
--	    $echo "$modename: error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in $libdir" 1>&2
--	    exit 1
--	  fi
-+	  #
-+	  # This breaks install into our staging area.  -PB
-+	  # 
-+	  # if test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir"; then
-+	  #   $echo "$modename: error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in $libdir" 1>&2
-+	  #   exit 1
-+	  # fi
- 
- 	  if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
- 	    # Stick the inst_prefix_dir data into the link command.
--- 
-2.9.4
-
diff --git a/package/madplay/0002-configure-ac-automake-foreign.patch b/package/madplay/0002-configure-ac-automake-foreign.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38d1630987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/madplay/0002-configure-ac-automake-foreign.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+configure.ac: don't require GNU-specific files when running automake
+
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+
+diff -durN madplay-0.15.2b-orig/configure.ac madplay-0.15.2b/configure.ac
+--- madplay-0.15.2b-orig/configure.ac	2019-02-14 21:34:01.507212449 +0100
++++ madplay-0.15.2b/configure.ac	2019-02-14 21:34:23.439336353 +0100
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([madplay.c])
+ 
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+ 
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+ 
diff --git a/package/madplay/madplay.mk b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
index e72e2f8180..dd54e2e78f 100644
--- a/package/madplay/madplay.mk
+++ b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ MADPLAY_VERSION = 0.15.2b
 MADPLAY_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mad/madplay/$(MADPLAY_VERSION)
 MADPLAY_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 MADPLAY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYRIGHT
-MADPLAY_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
 MADPLAY_DEPENDENCIES = libmad libid3tag $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
+# Force autoreconf to be able to use a more recent libtool script, that
+# is able to properly behave in the face of a missing C++ compiler.
+MADPLAY_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 # Check if ALSA is built, then we should configure after alsa-lib so
 # ./configure can find alsa-lib.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MADPLAY_ALSA),y)