diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9db2375a5c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf, makeWrapper, doCheck ? false }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "automake-1.15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/automake/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0dl6vfi2lzz8alnklwxzfz624b95hb1ipjvd3mk177flmddcf24r";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl autoconf ];
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  # Disable indented log output from Make, otherwise "make.test" will
+  # fail.
+  preCheck = "unset NIX_INDENT_MAKE";
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  # The test suite can run in parallel.
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # Don't fixup "#! /bin/sh" in Libtool, otherwise it will use the
+  # "fixed" path in generated files!
+  dontPatchShebangs = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    branch = "1.15";
+    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
+      `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding
+      Standards.  Automake requires the use of Autoconf.
+    '';
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a8abaaa43b6b..74f5f041e72b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4849,7 +4849,7 @@ let
 
   autocutsel = callPackage ../tools/X11/autocutsel{ };
 
-  automake = automake114x;
+  automake = automake115x;
 
   automake110x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.10.x.nix { };
 
@@ -4861,6 +4861,8 @@ let
 
   automake114x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.14.x.nix { };
 
+  automake115x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix { };
+
   automoc4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automoc4 { };
 
   avrdude = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/avrdude { };