diff --git a/SHA256SUMS.sources b/SHA256SUMS.sources
index 41d0460..3c080ba 100644
--- a/SHA256SUMS.sources
+++ b/SHA256SUMS.sources
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ f0cde70a8f135098a6a3e85869f2e1cc3f141beea766fa3d6636e086cd8b90a7  autoconf-2.59.
 0dbafacaf21e135cab35d357a14bdcd981d2f2d00e1387801be8091a31b7bb81  automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
 2dddc3b51506e702647ccc6757e15c05323fa67245d2d53e81ed36a832f9be42  automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
 6633ee1202375e3c8798a92e1b7f46894f78d541aeea7f49654503fdc0b28835  automake-1.7.tar.bz2
+84c93aaa3c3651a9e7474b721b0e6788318592509e7de604bafe4ea8049dc410  automake-1.8.5.tar.bz2
 ba03d412998cc54bd0b0f2d6c32100967d3137098affdc2d32e6e7c11b163fe4  bash-2.05b.tar.gz
 3fa9daf85ebf35068f090ce51283ddeeb3c75eb5bc70b1a4a7cb05868bfe06a4  bash-3.2.57.tar.gz
 e20bdd49a0fb317959b410c1fe81269a620ec21207045d8a37cadea621be4b59  binutils-2.14.tar.bz2
diff --git a/parts.rst b/parts.rst
index 51e4ccf..7c1e7e8 100644
--- a/parts.rst
+++ b/parts.rst
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ autoconf 2.59
 
 Again, we managed to skip one version.
 
+automake 1.8.5
+==============
+
+We need newer ``automake`` to proceed to newer ``autoconf`` versions. This is the latest
+automake version from 1.8 release series.
 
 bash 3.2.57
 ===========
diff --git a/rootfs.sh b/rootfs.sh
index b1f8ee5..e7b3376 100755
--- a/rootfs.sh
+++ b/rootfs.sh
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.57.tar.bz2
 # autoconf 2.59
 get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
 
+# automake 1.8.5
+get_file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.5.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-1.8.5/automake-1.8.5.sh b/sysa/automake-1.8.5/automake-1.8.5.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4cdd1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysa/automake-1.8.5/automake-1.8.5.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Andrius Štikonas <andrius@stikonas.eu>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+src_prepare() {
+    autoreconf-2.59 -f
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    ./configure --prefix=/after
+}
diff --git a/sysa/run.sh b/sysa/run.sh
index eacc9d6..83477a5 100755
--- a/sysa/run.sh
+++ b/sysa/run.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ build autoconf-2.57
 
 build autoconf-2.59
 
+build automake-1.8.5
+
 build bash-3.2.57
 
 exec bash run2.sh