diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
index 6c2c9a350adc..d9cf24f6e519 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cpio, zlib, bzip2, file, elfutils, libarchive, nspr, nss, popt, db, xz, python, lua, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cpio, zlib, bzip2, file, elfutils, libarchive, nspr, nss, popt, db, xz, python, lua, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rpm-4.12.0";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "18hk47hc755nslvb7xkq4jb095z7va0nlcyxdpxayc4lmb8mq3bp";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cpio zlib bzip2 file libarchive nspr nss db xz python lua pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ cpio zlib bzip2 file libarchive nspr nss db xz python lua pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
 
   # rpm/rpmlib.h includes popt.h, and then the pkg-config file mentions these as linkage requirements
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ popt nss db bzip2 libarchive ];
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     # For Python3, the original expression evaluates as 'python3.4' but we want 'python3.4m' here
     substituteInPlace configure --replace 'python''${PYTHON_VERSION}' ${python.executable}
+
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace '@$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/tmp' ""
   '';
 
   configureFlags = "--with-external-db --with-lua --enable-python --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/com";