diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 419f40fc..2a0569d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
 /linktest.lo
 /linktest.o
 /ltmain.sh
-/m4/
+/m4/lt*.m4
+/m4/libtool.m4
 /net.lo
 /net.o
 /packaging/ldns-config
diff --git a/README.git b/README.git
index 34c9ae54..2d4162b7 100644
--- a/README.git
+++ b/README.git
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 # older versions of libtoolize do not support --install
 # so you might need to remove that (with newer versions
 # it is needed)
-libtoolize -c --install
-autoreconf --install
+git submodule update --init
+libtoolize -ci
+autoreconf -fi
 ./configure --with-examples --with-drill # --with-pyldns --with-p5-dns-ldns
 make
 make doc  # needs doxygen for the html pages