diff --git a/devel/m4/files/patch-aa b/devel/m4/files/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d115919e806a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/m4/files/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- doc/Makefile.in.orig	Sun Nov  6 05:52:26 1994
++++ doc/Makefile.in	Mon Jun 16 16:08:39 1997
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ info: m4.info
+ 
+ m4.info: m4.texinfo version.texi
+-	cd $(srcdir) && $(MAKEINFO) m4.texinfo
++	cd $(srcdir) && rm -f m4.info* && $(MAKEINFO) --no-split m4.texinfo
+ 
+ dvi: m4.dvi
+