diff --git a/make/dummy.mk b/make/dummy.mk
index edcb7836..152cae98 100644
--- a/make/dummy.mk
+++ b/make/dummy.mk
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf *~ .*.swp
 install: # nothing to be done
 all: # nothing to be done
+distclean: clean