diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0fa39d7a411..2712f265f5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ $(SENDER): udevd.h udevsend.o udevd.o logging.o
 clean:
 	-find . \( -not -type d \) -and \( -name '*~' -o -name '*.[oas]' \) -type f -print \
 	 | xargs rm -f 
-	-rm -f core $(ROOT) $(GEN_HEADERS) $(GEN_CONFIGS) $(DAEMON) $(SENDER)
+	-rm -f core $(ROOT) $(GEN_HEADERS) $(GEN_CONFIGS) $(HELPER) $(DAEMON) $(SENDER)
 	$(MAKE) -C klibc clean
 	@extras="$(EXTRAS)" ; for target in $$extras ; do \
 		echo $$target ; \