diff --git a/zenity.be0 b/zenity.be0
index b4a6a1feb..2c22d3542 100755
--- a/zenity.be0
+++ b/zenity.be0
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://download.gnome.org/sources/zenity/${PKGVERSION[2]}/zenity-${P
 #    bee_patch "${@}"
 #}
 
+#  avoid building anything in help, since it needs yelp, next
+#  bootstrap the build, BEE_BUILDTYPE autotools will be used
+mee_patch_post() {
+    sed -e '/YELP_HELP_INIT/ d' -e '/help\/Makefile/ d' -i ${S}/configure.ac
+    sed -e '/data\s\\/ d' -e '/help/ s/help/data/' -i ${S}/Makefile.am
+    NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+}
+
 #mee_configure() {
 #    bee_configure
 #}