diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index e7f51f0d..725ac632 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	system_files.txt \
 	system_security_descriptors.txt
 
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index 88bf3dd5..a1499a9a 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 SUBDIRS = ntfs
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
diff --git a/include/ntfs/Makefile.am b/include/ntfs/Makefile.am
index 48c565d4..2d8951c4 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/ntfs/Makefile.am
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ linux_ntfsinclude_HEADERS = \
 	unistr.h		\
 	volume.h
 
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
diff --git a/libntfs/Makefile.am b/libntfs/Makefile.am
index d88a0d8e..04018d53 100644
--- a/libntfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/libntfs/Makefile.am
@@ -80,5 +80,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = $(linux_ntfsincludedir) $(all_includes)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = unix_io.c win32_io.c libntfs.conf.in
 
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
+
 libs:	$(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
 
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/Makefile.am b/ntfsprogs/Makefile.am
index 61648e44..e74bf4de 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/Makefile.am
+++ b/ntfsprogs/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ EXTRA_MANS		=
 
 CLEANFILES		= $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
+
 linux_ntfsincludedir	= -I$(top_srcdir)/include/ntfs
 
 if ENABLE_FUSE_MODULE