diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
index d388a76..2047616 100644
--- a/cvscompile
+++ b/cvscompile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if test -d ../alsa-lib/utils; then
+if test -d ../alsa-lib/utils && ! test -r `aclocal --print-ac-dir`/alsa.m4; then
   alsa_m4_flags="-I ../alsa-lib/utils"
 fi
 aclocal $alsa_m4_flags $ACLOCAL_FLAGS