diff --git a/editors/emacs-devel/files/patch-configure.ac b/editors/emacs-devel/files/patch-configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dc44ce5cb0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/emacs-devel/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2017-09-03 12:54:18 UTC
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@ AC_SUBST([PAXCTL_notdumped])
+ ## Require makeinfo >= 4.13 (last of the 4.x series) to build the manuals.
+ if test "${MAKEINFO:=makeinfo}" != "no"; then
+   case `($MAKEINFO --version) 2>/dev/null` in
+-    *' (GNU texinfo) '4.1[[3-9]]* | \
++    *' (GNU texinfo) '4.[[8-9]]* | \  
++    *' (GNU texinfo) '4.1[[0-9]]* | \
+     *' (GNU texinfo) '[[5-9]]* | \
+     *' (GNU texinfo) '[[1-9][0-9]]* ) ;;
+     *) MAKEINFO=no;;