diff --git a/aedi/target/__init__.py b/aedi/target/__init__.py
index 15277544..abd2ee83 100644
--- a/aedi/target/__init__.py
+++ b/aedi/target/__init__.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def targets():
 
         # Tools without binaries stored in the repo, can be outdated
         AutoconfTarget(),
+        AutomakeTarget(),
         DzipTarget(),
         GlslangTarget(),
         M4Target(),
diff --git a/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py b/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
index a423b764..cccbbdbb 100644
--- a/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
+++ b/aedi/target/tool_tier2.py
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ def prepare_source(self, state: BuildState):
             'ba885c1319578d6c94d46e9b0dceb4014caafe2490e437a0dbca3f270a223f5a')
 
 
+class AutomakeTarget(base.ConfigureMakeDependencyTarget):
+    # TODO: fix absolute paths in bin/* and share/automake-1.16/Automake/Config.pm
+    def __init__(self, name='automake'):
+        super().__init__(name)
+        self.multi_platform = False
+
+    def prepare_source(self, state: BuildState):
+        state.download_source(
+            'https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16.5.tar.xz',
+            'f01d58cd6d9d77fbdca9eb4bbd5ead1988228fdb73d6f7a201f5f8d6b118b469')
+
+
 class DzipTarget(base.CMakeStaticDependencyTarget):
     def __init__(self, name='dzip'):
         super().__init__(name)
diff --git a/deps/.gitignore b/deps/.gitignore
index 6686c5b6..346c1d98 100644
--- a/deps/.gitignore
+++ b/deps/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 !/autoconf/share/
 /autoconf/share/info/
 /autoconf/share/man/
+!/automake/share/
+/automake/share/aclocal
+/automake/share/doc
+/automake/share/info
+/automake/share/man
 /cmake/bin/*
 !/cmake/bin/cmake
 /cmake/doc/