diff --git a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
index ad8ef5b0f12d9..d297b556e5b8f 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 		# bug #377279
 		./bootstrap || die "bootstrap failed"
 		(
-			git submodule status | sed 's/^[ +-]//;s/ .*//'
-			git hash-object bootstrap.conf
+		    git submodule status .gnulib | awk '{ print $1 }'
+		    git hash-object bootstrap.conf
+		    git ls-tree -d HEAD gnulib/local | awk '{ print $3 }'
 		) >.git-module-status
 	fi