diff --git a/recipes/autoconf/recipe.sh b/recipes/autoconf/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bc21447575928281397512fa0b49f2142961dbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/autoconf/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+VERSION=2.69
+TAR=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-$VERSION.tar.xz
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    wget -O build-aux/config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=''
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath $1)"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    skip=1
+}
diff --git a/recipes/automake/recipe.sh b/recipes/automake/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0384cc65aa617b592dc9e4e33524936b5fb89953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/automake/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+VERSION=1.15
+TAR=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-$VERSION.tar.xz
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    wget -O lib/config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+    sed -i 's|.*/doc/help2man.*|\&\& true|' Makefile.in
+    sed -i 's|install-info-am install-man|install-info-am|' Makefile.in
+    
+    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=''
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath $1)"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    skip=1
+}