diff --git a/0001-common-utils-Use-include-directory-to-get-nbdkit-plu.patch b/0001-common-utils-Use-include-directory-to-get-nbdkit-plu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf7b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-common-utils-Use-include-directory-to-get-nbdkit-plu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From d77c93b1cc42fc6cbda1b2abf941b001ad741cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 08:28:04 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] common: utils: Use include/ directory to get
+ <nbdkit-plugin.h>
+
+This worked before because nbdkit was installed by the system package
+manager, but if not:
+
+  utils.c:42:10: fatal error: nbdkit-plugin.h: No such file or directory
+     42 | #include <nbdkit-plugin.h>
+        |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  compilation terminated.
+
+Fixes commit 96b468d2e4214d15d722bd44db289d95e137280a.
+---
+ common/utils/Makefile.am | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/common/utils/Makefile.am b/common/utils/Makefile.am
+index e002586..d1d95ed 100644
+--- a/common/utils/Makefile.am
++++ b/common/utils/Makefile.am
+@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libutils.la
+ libutils_la_SOURCES = \
+         utils.c \
+ 	utils.h
++libutils_la_CPPFLAGS = \
++	-I$(top_srcdir)/include
+ libutils_la_CFLAGS = \
+         $(WARNINGS_CFLAGS)
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
diff --git a/nbdkit.spec b/nbdkit.spec
index 9b9608b..3aa3bfd 100644
--- a/nbdkit.spec
+++ b/nbdkit.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 %global verify_tarball_signature 1
 
 # If there are patches which touch autotools files, set this to 1.
-%global patches_touch_autotools %{nil}
+%global patches_touch_autotools 1
 
 # The source directory.
 %global source_directory 1.11-development
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Source1:        http://libguestfs.org/download/nbdkit/%{source_directory}/%{name
 Source2:       libguestfs.keyring
 %endif
 
+# Upstream fix to include directory.
+Patch1:        0001-common-utils-Use-include-directory-to-get-nbdkit-plu.patch
+
 %if 0%{patches_touch_autotools}
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
 %endif