diff --git a/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.am.patch b/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.am.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98a048c973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.am.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- m4-1.4.9/Makefile.am	2021-03-22 06:08:56.323301400 +0100
++++ m4-1.4.9-patched/Makefile.am	2021-03-22 06:10:35.508791200 +0100
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ ##
+ ## Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = . examples lib src doc checks
++SUBDIRS = . lib src 
+ EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap c-boxes.el gendocs.sh GNUmakefile Makefile.maint \
+ 	m4/gnulib-cache.m4
+ DISTCLEANFILES = stamp-h
diff --git a/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.in.patch b/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa2105ef6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/m4/patches/Makefile.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- m4-1.4.9/Makefile.in	2021-03-22 06:13:45.959823300 +0100
++++ m4-1.4.9-patched/Makefile.in	2021-03-22 06:18:06.420963000 +0100
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
+ target_alias = @target_alias@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+-SUBDIRS = . examples lib src doc checks
++SUBDIRS = . lib src
+ EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap c-boxes.el gendocs.sh GNUmakefile Makefile.maint \
+ 	m4/gnulib-cache.m4
+