diff --git a/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/patches/fix-getopt_check.patch b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/patches/fix-getopt_check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a46b06eeb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/patches/fix-getopt_check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Remove check for getopt_long and not existing source
+files common/getopt.c and common/getopt1.c
+
+--- configure.ac	2015-10-25 20:55:07.635988008 +0100
++++ configure.ac	2015-10-25 20:56:18.683993130 +0100
+@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sysexits.h])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([getopt.h])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNC([getopt_long], [], [ AC_LIBOBJ([getopt]) AC_LIBOBJ([getopt1]) ])
+ 
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+    [dmtxquery],
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
index 9a940ec7696..de2f46801d0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dmtx-utils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dmtx-utils'
 pkgname=dmtx-utils
 version=0.7.4
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/libdmtx/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=9f510f6c26a2a73e44da28eae78308973cc274043873cc7f90606624066ec7d0
 
 pre_configure() {
-	touch aclocal.m4
-	libtoolize -f
+	# Remove check for non-existent common/getopt{,1}.c
+	sed -i configure.ac \
+		-e "/AC_CHECK_FUNC(\[getopt_long\]/s;.*;);"
+	autoreconf -if
 }