diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index e6c85d4..95fae85 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ sit_unpack() {
     src_unpack
 }
 
+
+src_prepare() {
+    /bin/true
+}
+sit_prepare() {
+    sit_info "Preparing sources"
+    cd ${SRCDIR}
+    src_prepare  || sit_fail "Preparing sources failed"
+}
+
+
 src_configure() {
 	${SRCDIR}/configure --prefix=$PREFIX $CONFIGURE_OPTS
     if [ ! -z $LOGDIR ] ; then
diff --git a/sit b/sit
index d40a8f4..4eae95a 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
 mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
 mkdir -p ${LOGDIR}
 
-sit_unpack;   2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/unpack.log";       ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
+sit_unpack    2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/unpack.log";       ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
+sit_prepare   2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/prepare.log";      ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
 sit_configure 2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/configure.log";    ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
 sit_build     2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/make.log";         ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )
 sit_pretest   2>&1 | tee "$LOGDIR/pretest.log";      ( exit ${PIPESTATUS} )