diff --git a/binutils-autoconf-version.patch b/binutils-autoconf-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94fdad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils-autoconf-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- binutils.orig/config/override.m4	2021-08-31 14:20:17.275574804 +0100
++++ binutils-2.37/config/override.m4	2021-08-31 14:36:37.793954247 +0100
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dnl Or for updating the whole tree at on
+ AC_DEFUN([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION_CHECK],
+ [m4_if(m4_defn([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]),
+   m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [],
+-  [m4_fatal([Please use exactly Autoconf ]_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION[ instead of ]m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION])[.])])
++  [])
+ ])
+ m4_define([AC_INIT], m4_defn([AC_INIT])[
+ _GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION_CHECK
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 93f09a7..cc0099a 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU collection of binary utilities
 Name: binutils%{?name_cross}%{?_with_debug:-debug}
 Version: 2.37
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 
@@ -282,15 +282,20 @@ Patch18: binutils-dwarf-5-dir0.patch
 Patch19: binutils-missing-man-pages.patch
 
 # Purpose: Close the file descriptor if there is no archive plugin file
-# descriptor to avoid running out of file descriptors on thin archives with
-# many archive members.
+#          descriptor to avoid running out of file descriptors on thin archives
+#          with many archive members.
 # Lifetime: Fixed in 2.38
 Patch20: binutils-bfd-close-fds.patch
 
+# Purpose: Allow the binutils to be configured with any (recent) version of
+#          autoconf.
+# Lifetime: Fixed in 2.38 (maybe ?)
+Patch21: binutils-autoconf-version.patch
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Provides: bundled(libiberty)
-BuildRequires: autoconf = 2.69
+BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: automake
 
 %if %{with gold}
@@ -460,7 +465,6 @@ do
   sed -i -e "2aDEJATOOL = $tool" $tool/Makefile.am
   sed -i -e "s/^DEJATOOL = .*/DEJATOOL = $tool/" $tool/Makefile.in
 done
-touch */configure
 # Touch the .info files so that they are newer then the .texi files and
 # hence do not need to be rebuilt.  This eliminates the need for makeinfo.
 # The -print is there just to confirm that the command is working.
@@ -556,16 +560,6 @@ esac
   CARGS="$CARGS --enable-relro=no"
 %endif
 
-# Dependencies are not set up to rebuild the configure files
-# in the subdirectories.  So we just rebuild the ones we care
-# about after applying the configure patches
-pushd libiberty
-autoconf
-popd
-pushd intl
-autoconf
-popd
-
 # We could improve the cross build's size by setting --enable-shared but
 # the produced binaries may be less convenient in the embedded environment.
 %configure \
@@ -895,6 +889,9 @@ exit 0
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 31 2021 Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.37-10
+- Allow configuring with autonconf 2.71.  (#1999437)
+
 * Wed Aug 18 2021 Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.37-9
 - Fix a few testsuite failures.