diff --git a/SHA256SUMS.sources b/SHA256SUMS.sources
index 12678ee..9df1f96 100644
--- a/SHA256SUMS.sources
+++ b/SHA256SUMS.sources
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ a74aea954f36c7beeb6cc47b96a408c3e04e7ad635f614e65250dbcd8ec0bd28  autoconf-2.54.
 f757158a04889b265203eecd8ca92568e2a67c3b9062fa6bff7a0a6efd2244ac  autoconf-2.55.tar.bz2
 503cdc2b0992a4309545d17f462cb15f99bb57b7161dfc4082b2e7188f2bcc0f  automake-1.4-p6.tar.gz
 0dbafacaf21e135cab35d357a14bdcd981d2f2d00e1387801be8091a31b7bb81  automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
+2dddc3b51506e702647ccc6757e15c05323fa67245d2d53e81ed36a832f9be42  automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
 6633ee1202375e3c8798a92e1b7f46894f78d541aeea7f49654503fdc0b28835  automake-1.7.tar.bz2
 ba03d412998cc54bd0b0f2d6c32100967d3137098affdc2d32e6e7c11b163fe4  bash-2.05b.tar.gz
 3fa9daf85ebf35068f090ce51283ddeeb3c75eb5bc70b1a4a7cb05868bfe06a4  bash-3.2.57.tar.gz
diff --git a/parts.rst b/parts.rst
index a689d58..4898d22 100644
--- a/parts.rst
+++ b/parts.rst
@@ -465,7 +465,13 @@ Rebuild ``automake`` with ``autoconf-2.54``.
 autoconf 2.55
 =============
 
-Even newer ``autoconf``.
+Even newer ``autoconf``. This is the last version of ``autoconf`` that is buildable
+with ``automake-1.7``.
+
+automake 1.7.8
+==============
+
+Newer ``automake``. This is the latest ``automake`` that is buildable with ``autoconf-2.55``.
 
 bash 3.2.57
 ===========
diff --git a/rootfs.sh b/rootfs.sh
index 9c1a9b1..72b55dd 100755
--- a/rootfs.sh
+++ b/rootfs.sh
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.54.tar.bz2
 # autoconf 2.55
 get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.55.tar.bz2
 
+# automake 1.7.8
+get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
+
 # bash 3.2.57
 get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-3.2.57.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/sysa/automake-1.7.8/automake-1.7.8.sh b/sysa/automake-1.7.8/automake-1.7.8.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..92fe196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysa/automake-1.7.8/automake-1.7.8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Andrius Štikonas <andrius@stikonas.eu>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+src_prepare() {
+    rm configure Makefile.in */Makefile.in */*/Makefile.in aclocal.m4
+
+    autoreconf-2.55
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    ./configure --prefix=/after
+}
diff --git a/sysa/run.sh b/sysa/run.sh
index 0b0bf91..59411c7 100755
--- a/sysa/run.sh
+++ b/sysa/run.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ build automake-1.7 stage2.sh
 
 build autoconf-2.55
 
+build automake-1.7.8
+
 build bash-3.2.57
 
 exec bash run2.sh