diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5282ec03..f51d33ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,13 +144,17 @@ uninstall: uninstall-exec uninstall-data uninstall-dev
 
 clean:
 	+$(MAKE) -C plugins $@
+ifndef LIBITE
 	+$(MAKE) -C libite  $@
+endif
 	+$(MAKE) -C libuev  $@
 	-@$(RM) $(OBJS) $(DEPS) $(EXEC) 2>/dev/null
 
 distclean: clean
 	+$(MAKE) -C plugins $@
+ifndef LIBITE
 	+$(MAKE) -C libite  $@
+endif
 	+$(MAKE) -C libuev  $@
 	-@$(RM) $(JUNK) config.mk config.h unittest *.o *.html 2>/dev/null
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 67866505..0fa86654 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ done
 
 # If no arguments given to configure script, use defaults
 defaults
-result
 
 ##############################################################################
 echo "# Generated by finit configure script."                      > config.mk
@@ -449,3 +448,16 @@ echo "#define RUNLEVEL        $runlevel"            >> config.h
 
 echo >> config.h
 echo "#endif /* FINIT_CONFIG_H_ */"                 >> config.h
+
+# Call configure in local libite if --with-libite is not selected
+if [ x"$libite" = x"" ]; then
+    set -e
+    cd libite
+    test -e Makefile && make distclean >/dev/null
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure
+    set +e
+fi
+
+# Show resulting config
+result