diff --git a/obsd.env.setup b/obsd.env.setup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b79b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsd.env.setup
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# source this before running autoreconf -vf in openbsd
+export AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69
+export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.15
+export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/X11R6/share/aclocal/