diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 403cc9f9ac..6cca8553b9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SUBDIRS = src data doc
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
 Makefile.in \
 aclocal.m4 \
+compile \
 config.guess \
 config.h.in \
 config.h.in~ \