diff --git a/source3/Makefile.in b/source3/Makefile.in
index dbbd97bbff9..f1c71264510 100644
--- a/source3/Makefile.in
+++ b/source3/Makefile.in
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ etags:
 ctags:
 	ctags `find $(srcdir) -name "*.[ch]" | grep -v /CVS/`
 
-realclean: clean
+realclean: clean delheaders
 	-rm -f config.log $(PROGS) $(SPROGS) bin/.dummy
 	-rmdir bin