diff --git a/app-forensics/libvshadow/Manifest b/app-forensics/libvshadow/Manifest
index 9d7560535..e24337084 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvshadow/Manifest
+++ b/app-forensics/libvshadow/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 DIST libvshadow-alpha-20181216.tar.gz 1415238 BLAKE2B 9b89a278443bbf203ad4a458a9b330d92400a1c8c711075c612c054e0506180af29a7f3b62960440edd92301e2f17e9f620705ac3396a0e10d634568a176dde2 SHA512 3deaa92d1c9e7ddfb6f2dac441c1e4d16bed376a163b2f4283056fb7d4f4bb91b4f378edf1908caf55fa32e5e09b3a9eb580d2fd8209fafd24257eaec2f1584f
-DIST libvshadow-alpha-20190112.tar.gz 1431100 BLAKE2B a2067097543cfe85c6ccaa456e51aa08cc0134a0850c6eb2bad469c2e315f610a194a435c950de4dc75b9b7dd06b4c33127dd5f08f8ee6a3a579ad07d40beff2 SHA512 9da4ccf04089dd9267853b70df65558b8b289ec916587d05fd0fbae6c8c77b2e86ccf2d939697cbad4658702806b52d228892d0f4238a072e736dd27254fa972
+DIST libvshadow-alpha-20190127.tar.gz 1431067 BLAKE2B 60ce02306dbfc17ccadb4383cc6f7c9be625a14c48aba1b6f9249543226ee9ecd3621ad2f027df44a5e4532e784e5e363d55a795c60ed7717574f4d5f9fc66dc SHA512 db09898316f3e390b76a278b8a4f3c3e6e8054b5921975d8adf11241fcc03ff81d8595318f852153155e5931dd7bd448c38565e81d6880b95dba952d83930921
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/libvshadow_2019_autoconfig.patch b/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/libvshadow_2019_autoconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7521d84e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/libvshadow_2019_autoconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+--- a/configure.ac.orig	2019-01-27 14:33:11.000000000 +0800
++++ b/configure.ac	2019-01-31 09:10:23.173069838 +0800
+@@ -183,18 +183,6 @@
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([include/Makefile])
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([common/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcerror/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcthreads/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcdata/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libclocale/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcnotify/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcsplit/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libuna/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcfile/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libcpath/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libbfio/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libfdatetime/Makefile])
+-AC_CONFIG_FILES([libfguid/Makefile])
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([libvshadow/Makefile])
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([pyvshadow/Makefile])
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([pyvshadow-python2/Makefile])
+--- a/Makefile.am.orig	2017-05-25 16:16:36.000000000 +0800
++++ b/Makefile.am	2019-01-31 09:09:11.864070033 +0800
+@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@
+ SUBDIRS = \
+ 	include \
+ 	common \
+-	libcerror \
+-	libcthreads \
+-	libcdata \
+-	libclocale \
+-	libcnotify \
+-	libcsplit \
+-	libuna \
+-	libcfile \
+-	libcpath \
+-	libbfio \
+-	libfdatetime \
+-	libfguid \
+ 	libvshadow \
+ 	vshadowtools \
+ 	pyvshadow \
+@@ -103,18 +91,6 @@
+ 	done && test -z "$$fail"
+ 
+ splint:
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcerror && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcthreads && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcdata && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libclocale && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcnotify && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcsplit && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libuna && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcfile && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libcpath && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libbfio && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libfdatetime && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+-	(cd $(srcdir)/libfguid && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+ 	(cd $(srcdir)/libvshadow && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+ 	(cd $(srcdir)/vshadowtools && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
+ 	(cd $(srcdir)/pyvshadow && $(MAKE) splint $(AM_MAKEFLAGS))
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190112.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190127.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190112.ebuild
rename to app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190127.ebuild
index 182981eb7..21e29bd92 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190112.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20190127.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	#https://github.com/libyal/libcthreads/issues/6
 	#sed -i -e '/libcerror\/Makefile/d' configure.ac
 	#sed -i -e '/libcerror/d' Makefile.am
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"_autoconfig.patch
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"_2019_autoconfig.patch
 
 	#workaround, see https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/issues/10
 	echo "#define HAVE_ERRNO_H 1" >> common/config.h.in