diff -uNr gtk-2.24.32/autogen.sh gtk-2.24.32.mod/autogen.sh
--- gtk-2.24.32/autogen.sh	2018-01-08 23:35:39.000000000 +0200
+++ gtk-2.24.32.mod/autogen.sh	2018-12-30 00:56:03.072503912 +0200
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
 	DIE=1
 }
 
-if automake-1.15 --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+if automake-1.16 --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    AUTOMAKE=automake-1.16
+    ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.16
+else if automake-1.15 --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     AUTOMAKE=automake-1.15
     ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.15
 else if automake-1.14 --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
@@ -71,14 +74,15 @@
     ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.7
 else
 	echo
-	echo "You must have automake 1.7.x, 1,10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x, 1.14.x"
-	echo "or 1.15.x installed to compile $PROJECT."
+	echo "You must have automake 1.7.x, 1,10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x, 1.14.x, 1.15.x,"
+	echo "or 1.16.x installed to compile $PROJECT."
 	echo "Install the appropriate package for your distribution,"
 	echo "or get the source tarball at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/"
 	DIE=1
 fi
 fi
 fi
+fi
 fi
 fi
 fi