diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 34291b42..d1c8da13 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ pckgclean:
 tmpclean:
 	rm -rf *.tmp *.rep
 
-runclean:
+coreclean:
 	rm -rf core core.* vgcore vgcore.*
 
+runclean: coreclean
+
 objclean:
 	rm -rf *.o *.o *.a *.so *.so.*