diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 51f6128f..b4145c4b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ $(top_srcdir)/foreign/xmlParser/xmlParser.hpp
 
 dist-hook:
 		-rm -rf $(distdir)/foreign/openpgm/@pgm_basename@
-clean-local:
+distclean-local:
 		-rm -rf $(top_srcdir)/foreign/openpgm/@pgm_basename@