diff --git a/package/libtool/libtool-0001-mips64-n64-linking.patch b/package/libtool/libtool-mips64-n64-linking.post-install-patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/libtool/libtool-0001-mips64-n64-linking.patch
rename to package/libtool/libtool-mips64-n64-linking.post-install-patch
diff --git a/package/libtool/libtool.mk b/package/libtool/libtool.mk
index 2f6ea7c5c..603f1f1c2 100644
--- a/package/libtool/libtool.mk
+++ b/package/libtool/libtool.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ LIBTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 HOST_LIBTOOL_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
 
+# libtool-mips64-n64-linking.post-install-patch is an upstream patch that
+# fixes MIPS64 n64 link failures. However, because the patch touches an m4
+# file, applying it triggers a run of autoconf, automake, etc. This sometimes
+# leads to build failures due to incompatible system autotools. We cannot
+# simply set HOST_LIBTOOL_AUTORECONF = YES because that would create a
+# circular dependency on host-libtool. Therefore, just apply the patch
+# directly on the installed file.
+define HOST_LIBTOOL_FIXUP_LIBTOOL_M4
+	patch $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 < \
+		package/libtool/libtool-mips64-n64-linking.post-install-patch
+endef
+HOST_LIBTOOL_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_LIBTOOL_FIXUP_LIBTOOL_M4
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))