diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
index 4a0d918cabe..3b4533890a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl
-, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch
+, autoconf
+, automake
+, pkg-config
 , zlib
 , libpng
 , libjpeg ? null
@@ -20,11 +22,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes an issue where some other packages would fail to build
+    # their documentation with an error like:
+    # "Error: Problem doing text layout"
+    #
+    # Can be removed if Wayland can still be built successfully with
+    # documentation.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/3dd0e308cbd2c24fde2fc9e9b707181252a2de95.patch";
+      excludes = [ "tests/gdimagestringft/.gitignore" ];
+      sha256 = "12iqlanl9czig9d7c3rvizrigw2iacimnmimfcny392dv9iazhl1";
+    })
+  ];
 
   # -pthread gets passed to clang, causing warnings
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-werror=no";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib fontconfig freetype ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libpng libjpeg libwebp libtiff libXpm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 402177b899c..1821d7a7237 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, meson, pkgconfig, ninja
 , libffi, libxml2, wayland
 , expat ? null # Build wayland-scanner (currently cannot be disabled as of 1.7.0)
-, withDocumentation ? false, graphviz-nox, doxygen, libxslt, xmlto, python3
+, withDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform
+, graphviz-nox, doxygen, libxslt, xmlto, python3
 , docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xml_dtd_42
 }:
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0k995rn96xkplrapz5k648j651wc43kq817xk1x8280h16gsfxa6";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optionals withDocumentation [ "doc" "man" ];
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Ddocumentation=${lib.boolToString withDocumentation}" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix
index 858cb9a4f22..bf0967e9ddb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.15.x.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "automake-1.15";
+  name = "automake-1.15.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/automake/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0dl6vfi2lzz8alnklwxzfz624b95hb1ipjvd3mk177flmddcf24r";
+    sha256 = "1bzd9g32dfm4rsbw93ld9x7b5nc1y6i4m6zp032qf1i28a8s6sxg";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf perl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e8f84fcb7e..f39bdbe837f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12036,6 +12036,7 @@ in
   gf2x = callPackage ../development/libraries/gf2x {};
 
   gd = callPackage ../development/libraries/gd {
+    automake = automake115x;
     libtiff = null;
     libXpm = null;
   };