diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9b3ded030..5e3055b8e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN):
 $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN):
 	@$(SUBMAKE) -C $(@:-dist-clean=) dist-clean
 
-clean: $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN)
+clean: $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN) _clean
+
+_clean:
 	rm -f defaults.h
 	rm -f include/asterisk/build.h
 	rm -f main/version.c
@@ -450,7 +452,7 @@ clean: $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN)
 
 dist-clean: distclean
 
-distclean: $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) clean
+distclean: $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) _clean
 	@$(MAKE) -C menuselect dist-clean
 	@$(MAKE) -C sounds dist-clean
 	rm -f menuselect.makeopts makeopts menuselect-tree menuselect.makedeps
@@ -933,7 +935,7 @@ pdf: asterisk.pdf
 asterisk.pdf:
 	$(MAKE) -C doc/tex asterisk.pdf
 
-.PHONY: menuselect menuselect.makeopts main sounds clean dist-clean distclean all prereqs cleantest uninstall _uninstall uninstall-all pdf dont-optimize $(SUBDIRS_INSTALL) $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_UNINSTALL) $(SUBDIRS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDSCRIPT) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LIBS) badshell installdirs validate-docs
+.PHONY: menuselect menuselect.makeopts main sounds clean dist-clean distclean all prereqs cleantest uninstall _uninstall uninstall-all pdf dont-optimize $(SUBDIRS_INSTALL) $(SUBDIRS_DIST_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_CLEAN) $(SUBDIRS_UNINSTALL) $(SUBDIRS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDSCRIPT) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(MOD_SUBDIRS_EMBED_LIBS) badshell installdirs validate-docs _clean
 
 FORCE:
 
diff --git a/Makefile.moddir_rules b/Makefile.moddir_rules
index 18670f9a58..2836dd9086 100644
--- a/Makefile.moddir_rules
+++ b/Makefile.moddir_rules
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ uninstall::
 dist-clean::
 	rm -f .*.moduleinfo .moduleinfo
 	rm -f .*.makeopts .makeopts
+	rm -f .*.d
 
 .%.moduleinfo: %.c
 	@echo "<member name=\"$*\" displayname=\"$(shell $(GREP) -e AST_MODULE_INFO $< | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2)\" remove_on_change=\"$(SUBDIR)/$*.o $(SUBDIR)/$*.so\">" > $@
diff --git a/Makefile.rules b/Makefile.rules
index 73602506e3..3b876e6dcb 100644
--- a/Makefile.rules
+++ b/Makefile.rules
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ endif
 	$(ECHO_PREFIX) echo "   [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CXX) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o $@ $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(ASTLDFLAGS) $^ $(PTHREAD_LIBS) $(LIBS)
 
-dist-clean::
+dist-clean:: clean