diff --git a/Makefile.devel b/Makefile.devel
index 6081c7b..50fb6e3 100644
--- a/Makefile.devel
+++ b/Makefile.devel
@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ VER=${shell echo `grep "CL_VERSION " include/cln/version.h |sed 's/^.*CL_VERSION
 src-distrib: include/cln/version.h force
 	${MAKE} -f Makefile.devel src--distrib TOPDIR=cln-${VER}
 
-src--distrib: force
+src--distrib: clean
 	ln -s . ${TOPDIR}
 	${PACK} ${PACKOPT} ${SRC_DIST} ${EXCLUDE} --exclude ${TOPDIR}/${TOPDIR} ${TOPDIR}
 	rm -f ${TOPDIR}
 
+clean: force
+	test -f Makefile && ${MAKE} distclean
+
 # Syntaxcheck:
 check-configures: ${CONFIGURES}
 	set -e; for f in ${CONFIGURES}; do bash -x -n $$f; done