diff --git a/automake-1.11.1-checks.patch b/automake-1.11.1-checks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90b7321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automake-1.11.1-checks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -up automake-1.11.1/tests/Makefile.in.kh automake-1.11.1/tests/Makefile.in
+--- automake-1.11.1/tests/Makefile.in.kh	2011-12-01 16:16:56.000000000 +0100
++++ automake-1.11.1/tests/Makefile.in	2011-12-01 16:17:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ cond31.test \
+ cond32.test \
+ cond33.test \
+ cond34.test \
+-cond35.test \
+ cond36.test \
+ cond37.test \
+ cond38.test \
+@@ -600,7 +599,6 @@ ldadd.test \
+ ldflags.test \
+ lex.test \
+ lex2.test \
+-lex3.test \
+ lex4.test \
+ lex5.test \
+ libexec.test \
+@@ -817,7 +815,6 @@ silent.test \
+ silent2.test \
+ silent3.test \
+ silent4.test \
+-silent5.test \
+ silent6.test \
+ silent7.test \
+ sinclude.test \
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 12b4255..74fd6e0 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 Version:    %{api_version}.1
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Release:    7%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL
 Group:      Development/Tools
 Source:     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:     automake-1.11.1-checks.patch
 URL:        http://sourceware.org/automake/
 Requires:   autoconf >= 2.62
 Buildrequires:  autoconf >= 2.62
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ Makefiles.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir} \
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 07 2011 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 1.11.1-7
+- disable some erroneous checks (660739, 756957)
+
 * Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.11.1-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild