diff --git a/Rules.mk b/Rules.mk
index d5bc31246..8dc95c08d 100644
--- a/Rules.mk
+++ b/Rules.mk
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ confclean: clean
 	rm -f $(CONFIGFILE)
 	rm -rf .dep
 
+distclean: confclean
+
 ifneq ($(CONFIGURED)$(CONFIGURING),)
 .dep/%.o.dep: %.cpp
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)