diff --git a/gitcompile b/gitcompile
index 93c21a7f7..19dd1d5ef 100755
--- a/gitcompile
+++ b/gitcompile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if test -d ../alsa-lib/utils && ! test -r `aclocal --print-ac-dir`/alsa.m4; then
-  alsa_m4_flags="-I ../alsa-lib/utils"
+  ACLOCAL_FLAGS="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS -I ../alsa-lib/utils"
 fi
-aclocal $alsa_m4_flags $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
 # save original files to avoid stupid modifications by gettextize
 cp Makefile.am Makefile.am.ok
 cp configure.ac configure.ac.ok