diff --git a/autojunk.sh b/autojunk.sh
index c5b711b382..f143952db7 100755
--- a/autojunk.sh
+++ b/autojunk.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # the list of commands that need to run before we do a compile
-libtoolize --automake --copy
+libtoolize --force --automake --copy
 aclocal
 autoheader
 automake --add-missing --copy