diff --git a/scripts/build/build b/scripts/build/build
index 9c3cf4f9c..1e73ce564 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build
+++ b/scripts/build/build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set -e
 if [ -x auto/config ] && [ ! -e .build/config ]
 then
 	Echo_message "Automatically populating config tree."
+	lb init
 	lb config
 fi