diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/bootstrap.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/bootstrap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db6af6daebd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/bootstrap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ur openexr-v2.2.0-src-orig/IlmBase/bootstrap openexr-v2.2.0-src/IlmBase/bootstrap
+--- IlmBase/bootstrap	2015-03-31 01:02:41.000000000 -0400
++++ IlmBase/bootstrap	2015-03-31 01:03:35.000000000 -0400
+@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
+     fi
+ }
+ 
+-# Check if /usr/local/share/aclocal exists
+-if [ -d /usr/local/share/aclocal ]; then
+-	ACLOCAL_INCLUDE="$ACLOCAL_INCLUDE -I /usr/local/share/aclocal"
+-fi	
+-
+ run_cmd aclocal -I m4 $ACLOCAL_INCLUDE
+ run_cmd $LIBTOOLIZE --automake --copy
+ run_cmd automake --add-missing --copy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
index 7f8147261cec..816a9c023e1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, openexr, automake, autoconf, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, openexr, automake, autoconf, libtool, which }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ilmbase-${openexr.source.version}";
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./bootstrap
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool which ];
+
+  patches = [ ./bootstrap.patch ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.openexr.com/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/bootstrap.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/bootstrap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af6669c16a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/bootstrap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ur openexr-v2.2.0-src-orig/OpenEXR/bootstrap openexr-v2.2.0-src/OpenEXR/bootstrap
+--- OpenEXR/bootstrap	2015-03-31 01:02:41.000000000 -0400
++++ OpenEXR/bootstrap	2015-03-31 01:03:35.000000000 -0400
+@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
+     fi
+ }
+ 
+-# Check if /usr/local/share/aclocal exists
+-if [ -d /usr/local/share/aclocal ]; then
+-	ACLOCAL_INCLUDE="$ACLOCAL_INCLUDE -I /usr/local/share/aclocal"
+-fi	
+-
+ run_cmd aclocal -I m4 $ACLOCAL_INCLUDE
+ run_cmd $LIBTOOLIZE --automake --copy
+ run_cmd automake --add-missing --copy
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
index fcb27c2c0cca..63a8c11a3416 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ilmbase zlib ];
+
+  patches = [ ./bootstrap.patch ];
   
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.openexr.com/;