diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 06d9fe87..1f6e06e4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ confexecdir	= $(libdir)
 confexec_DATA	= $(top_builddir)/libgtopConf.sh \
 		  $(top_builddir)/libgtop-features.def
 
+CLEANFILES=libgtopConf.sh
+
 bin_SCRIPTS = $(top_builddir)/libgtop-config
 
 ## to automatically rebuild aclocal.m4 if any of the macros in