1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a8eaa2cd..2a18787f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ po-files-pre-distdir: update-POTFILES.in renew-po-configure.ac
 # Clean in po directory only if po/Makefile was generated to avoid
 # useless generation of po/Makefile only for 'clean' target
 clean-local:
-        @ if test -f po/Makefile; then $(am__cd) po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) clean || exit 1; fi;
+        @ if test -f po/Makefile; then \
+            $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) po/Makefile && \
+            $(am__cd) po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) clean || exit 1; \
+          fi;
 
 po/Makefile: $(srcdir_po)/Makefile.in.in $(srcdir_po)/Makevars $(srcdir_po)/POTFILES.in po/config.status
         @$(am__cd) po && @SHELL@ ./config.status ./Makefile.in po-directories