diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-utils/patches/cross-strftime.patch b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/patches/cross-strftime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8d9a305369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/patches/cross-strftime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2015-09-01 15:56:57.000000000 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2015-10-23 15:09:25.486599085 +0200
+@@ -277,24 +277,32 @@ AS_IF([test "x$have_ipv6" = "xyes"],
+       ]
+ )
+ 
+-
+-dnl strftime extension checks
+-AC_TRY_RUN([
++dnl ***************************************
++dnl *** Check for strftime() extensions ***
++dnl ***************************************
++AC_CACHE_CHECK([Define if strftime supports %E and %O modifiers], ac_cv_strftime_extensions,
++  [AC_TRY_RUN([
++    #include <string.h>
+   #include <time.h>
+-  int main (void) {
+-    char buf[100];
+-    struct tm tm = {0};
+-    tm.tm_year = 99;
+-    if (strftime(buf, 100, "%EY", &tm) == 4 && strcmp (buf, "1999")==0)
++    int
++    main (int argc, char **argv)
++    {
++      struct tm tm;
++      char      buffer[16];
++      tm.tm_year = 81;
++      if (strftime (buffer, 16, "%EY", &tm) == 4 && strcmp (buffer, "1981") == 0)
+       return 0;
+     return 1;
+   }
+   ],
+-  [
+-    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STRFTIME_EXTENSION], [1],
+-              [Define if strftime supports %E and %O modifiers.])
+-  ]
++  ac_cv_strftime_extensions=yes,
++  ac_cv_strftime_extensions=no,
++  [AC_MSG_ERROR([cross-compiling, preset ac_cv_strftime_extensions=yes/no])]
++  )]
+ )
++if test x"$ac_cv_strftime_extensions" = x"yes"; then
++  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STRFTIME_EXTENSION], 1, [Define if strftime supports %E and %O modifiers.])
++fi
+ 
+ dnl mate-search-tool checks
+ withval=""
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
index 30b2c78938e..802e252aba4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-utils/template
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'mate-utils'
 pkgname=mate-utils
 version=1.10.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel"
-makedepends="gtk+-devel libSM-devel zlib-devel libcanberra-devel libgtop-devel libmate-panel-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config
+ intltool itstool glib-devel mate-common"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libSM-devel zlib-devel libcanberra-devel
+ libgtop-devel libmate-panel-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Common utilities for the MATE desktop"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
 distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=44acb6a7a2caa8992d0437fab74bf57d20e909ef9b780430128a2521cb61be70
 
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+}
 post_install() {
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig