diff --git a/build/autoMakefile.am b/build/autoMakefile.am
index 9feea2537d30d5cccbcbdb471fdb26b18866b432..f0095a789a5d442d5fc3269d7832ac0cdbbb0cd2 100644
--- a/build/autoMakefile.am
+++ b/build/autoMakefile.am
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST := Makefile Makefile.in.toplevel autoMakefile.am.toplevel	\
 	suse-functions.sh suse-post.sh suse-postun.sh			\
 	suse-trigger-script.sh.in README.kernel-source
 
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES := lustre.spec
+
+distclean: distclean-recursive
+	@true
+
 SUBDIRS := autoconf