diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 79f5ae46..157253a9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-08-03  Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm@commsecure.com.au>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Change subdirectory build order so that
+	'distclean' target work (and other targets remain working).
+	Fixes bug #84622.
+
 2003-06-10  Kjartan Maraas  <set EMAIL_ADDRESS environment variable>
 
 	* libgtop-2.0.pc.in: Fix missing build flags. Patch from
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4e1c1c3f..90405396 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if BUILD_GNOME_SUPPORT
 support = support
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS = po $(support) misc include sysdeps lib src \
+SUBDIRS = . po $(support) misc include sysdeps lib src \
 	  $(examples_SUBDIRS) doc
 
 libgtopinclude_HEADERS = glibtop.h