diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
index fac3b30056ad..e20f8ad3c8dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   SDL2,
+  autoreconfHook,
   darwin,
   fetchurl,
   giflib,
@@ -22,15 +23,16 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "SDL2_image";
-  version = "2.8.2";
+  version = "2.8.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-j0hrv7z4Rk3VjJ5dkzlKsCVc5otRxalmqRgkSCCnbdw=";
+    hash = "sha256-SwAPLCOM44CAfuDLaKDvAFhxaR7Ohkbb9PQlpYKxuyI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     SDL2
+    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image_2_0/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image_2_0/package.nix
index 98de34a2530a..4897ff5ad44a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image_2_0/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image_2_0/package.nix
@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@ SDL2_image.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
     inherit (oldAttrs.src) url;
     hash = "sha256-vdX24CZoL31+G+C2BRsgnaL0AqLdi9HEvZwlrSYxCNA";
   };
+
+  postPatch =
+    (oldAttrs.postPatch or "")
+    + ''
+      # allow newer autoreconf to run successfully
+      touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
+    '';
 })