diff --git a/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/patches/autogen.patch b/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/patches/autogen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cd7b132eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/patches/autogen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- autogen.sh.orig
++++ autogen.sh
+@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
+ echo -n "checking for automake >= $AUTOMAKE_REQUIRED_VERSION ... "
+ if ($AUTOMAKE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    AUTOMAKE=$AUTOMAKE
++elif (automake-1.16 --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
++   AUTOMAKE=automake-1.16
++   ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.16
+ elif (automake-1.15 --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    AUTOMAKE=automake-1.15
+    ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.15
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/template b/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8622bb46bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mypaint-brushes1/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'mypaint-brushes1'
+pkgname=mypaint-brushes1
+version=1.3.0
+revision=1
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc="mypaint-brushes-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake"
+short_desc="Brushes used by MyPaint and other software using libmypaint"
+maintainer="Kartik Singh <kartik.ynwa@gmail.com>"
+license="CC0-1.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint-brushes"
+distfiles="https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint-brushes/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=704bb6420e65085acfd7a61d6050e96b0395c5eab078433f11406c355f16b214
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}