diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 32e9e1362..0e0595c87 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -x
 test -d autom4te.cache && rm -rf autom4te.cache
 test -d m4 || mkdir m4
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS="-I m4 -I config $ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS"
-libtoolize --force
+libtoolize --force --copy
 aclocal $ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS || exit 1
 autoheader || exit 1
 autoconf || exit 1