diff --git a/autoconf_share/bootstrap b/autoconf_share/bootstrap
index 9faa873adf824094db91a8d64236cd6e13d6e795..cba0532752be82e6cd1eee783f5ca3c89387bd14 100755
--- a/autoconf_share/bootstrap
+++ b/autoconf_share/bootstrap
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ if [ -r configure.in ]; then
   fi
   set -x
   aclocal -I ./autoconf_share \
+  && autoconf_share/makeversion \
   && $libtoolcmd --force --copy \
   && autoheader \
   && automake --foreign --add-missing --copy \
diff --git a/autoconf_share/rub b/autoconf_share/rub
index 15de8636e14e2e916dec0730ba428020c6e37829..d6c9adeaf2fd2ac874a1f7af3dc52ce0748007bc 100755
--- a/autoconf_share/rub
+++ b/autoconf_share/rub
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ if [ $boot != 0 ]; then
    (
     cd $curwd/$pkg
     # Determine new md5sum of files affecting the bootstrap.
-    md5sum configure.in $pgmpath/*.m4 > boot.md5
+    md5sum configure.in $pgmpath/*.m4 $pgmpath/makeversion > boot.md5
     # Check if boot.md5 has changed.
     chg=1
     if [ $boot = 2  -a  -f boot.md5-check ]; then