diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 813b463..6acb8ff 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk
 
-DEB_MAKE_CLEAN_TARGET := clean
+DEB_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT := ./autogen.sh
+DEB_MAKE_CLEAN_TARGET := distclean
 DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --disable-rpath
 
 clean::
-	./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr $(DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS)
+	[ ! -f Makefile ] || make distclean