diff --git a/build/arguments.sh b/build/arguments.sh
index 6d3a1a5ab5..4075c8188b 100755
--- a/build/arguments.sh
+++ b/build/arguments.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ if [ -z "$inc_arguments" ]; then
         command="$1$command"
         [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && target="$1"
         ;;
+      git_build_into)
+        command="$1$command"
+        [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && target="$1"
+        ;;
       svn_build_into)
         command="$1$command"
         [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && target="$1"
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ if [ -z "$inc_arguments" ]; then
   
   case "$command" in
     build_into)      [ -z "$target" ]      && die "Missing destination directory" ;;
+    git_build_into)  [ -z "$target" ]      && die "Missing destination directory" ;;
     svn_build_into)  [ -z "$target" ]      && die "Missing destination directory" ;;
     process_file)    [ -z "$workfile" ]    && die "Need at least input file" ;;
     build_xmlstream) [ -z "$workfile" ]    && die "Missing xhtml file name" ;;
diff --git a/build/build_main.sh b/build/build_main.sh
index 363cb25d4b..7a4e013274 100755
--- a/build/build_main.sh
+++ b/build/build_main.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildpids=$(
   | egrep "[s]h ${0} .*" \
   | wc -l
 )
-if [ $command = "build_into" -o $command = "svn_build_into" ] && [ "$buildpids" -gt 2 ]; then
+if [ $command = "build_into" -o $command = "git_build_into" -o $command = "svn_build_into" ] && [ "$buildpids" -gt 2 ]; then
   debug "build script is already running"
   exit 0
 fi