2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index cac5295..c9b048e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ Building
 
 For building run:
 
-  git submodule init
-  git submodule update --remote
-  AUTOMAKE="automake --foreign" autoreconf -fiv
+  ./bootstrap
   ./configure
   make
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c83fd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+if ! git --version >/dev/null; then
+  echo "git not installed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git submodule update --init
+AUTOMAKE="automake --foreign" autoreconf -fiv