diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+AUTOCONF_FILES="Makefile.in aclocal.m4 ar-lib autom4te.cache compile config.* \
+        configure depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing *libtool"
+
+case $1 in
+    clean)
+        test -f Makefile && make maintainer-clean
+        rm -rf ${AUTOCONF_FILES}
+        
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+esac
+
+autoreconf -i
+echo 'Run "./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS} && make"'