diff --git a/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch b/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch
index 5e4bb91bf1e32..07770791cd771 100644
--- a/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch
+++ b/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- rlog/RLogChannel.cpp
-+++ rlog/RLogChannel.cpp
+--- a/rlog/RLogChannel.cpp
++++ b/rlog/RLogChannel.cpp
 @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  #include "RLogChannel.h"
  #include "rlog.h"
diff --git a/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.4-fix-build-system.patch b/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.4-fix-build-system.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7959a79cd023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/rlog/files/rlog-1.4-fix-build-system.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+--- a/docs/Makefile.am
++++ b/docs/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
+ 
+ SOURCES = index.dox channel.dox component.dox
+ 
+-docdir = $(datadir)/doc
+-pkgdocdir = $(docdir)/$(PACKAGE)
+ #pkghtmldir = $(pkgdocdir)/html
+ 
+ 
+ # have both html and html/index.html to force build of index.html if necessary
+ EXTRA_DIST = latex/refman.pdf html html/index.html $(SOURCES)
+ 
+-pkgdoc_DATA = \
++pdf_DATA = \
+     latex/refman.pdf
+ 
+ #pkghtml_DATA = \
+@@ -17,22 +15,21 @@
+ 
+ if BUILD_DOCS
+ latex/refman.pdf: html/index.html
+-	-cd latex && make
++	$(MAKE) -C latex
+ 
+ html/index.html: ../Doxyfile $(SOURCES)
+-	-rm -rf html
+-	-cd .. && @DOXYGEN@ Doxyfile
++	rm -rf html && $(DOXYGEN) Doxyfile
+ 
+ clean-local:
+-	-rm -rf html
+-	-rm -rf latex
++	rm -rf html
++	rm -rf latex
+ endif
+ 
+ all-local: html/index.html
+ 
+-install-data-local: all-local
+-	-echo installing to ${DESTDIR}${pkgdocdir}/html
+-	/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs ${DESTDIR}${pkgdocdir}/html
+-	install html/* ${DESTDIR}${pkgdocdir}/html
++install-data-hook: all-local
++	-echo installing to $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
++	/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
++	install html/* $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+ 
+ 
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@
+ pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+ pkgconfig_DATA = librlog.pc
+ 
+-documentation:
+-	cd docs && make
+-
diff --git a/dev-libs/rlog/rlog-1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/rlog/rlog-1.4.ebuild
index c24fabb7a48cd..0a937d761f368 100644
--- a/dev-libs/rlog/rlog-1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/rlog/rlog-1.4.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=2
-inherit eutils
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit autotools
 
 DESCRIPTION="A C++ logging library"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.arg0.net/rlog"
@@ -13,11 +14,19 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~ppc sparc x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4-fix-build-system.patch
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.3.7-gcc-4.3.patch
+	default
+	eautoreconf
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" pkgdocdir="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" install || die
-	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog README
+	default
+
+	# package installs .pc files
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
 }