diff --git a/guile-readline/Makefile.am b/guile-readline/Makefile.am
index 256ed53c6..21fa18e73 100644
--- a/guile-readline/Makefile.am
+++ b/guile-readline/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with Automake to create Makefile.in
 ##
-##  	Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##  	Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ##   This file is part of GUILE.
 ##   
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ SUFFIXES = .x
 	$(GUILE_SNARF) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< > $@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = readline.scm
+
+DISTCLEANFILES = *.x
diff --git a/guile-readline/Makefile.in b/guile-readline/Makefile.in
index 9d06e888b..8cd7879fd 100644
--- a/guile-readline/Makefile.in
+++ b/guile-readline/Makefile.in
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ ice9_DATA = readline.scm
 SUFFIXES = .x
 
 EXTRA_DIST = readline.scm
+
+DISTCLEANFILES = *.x
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = 
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ clean-generic:
 distclean-generic:
 	-rm -f Makefile $(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)
 	-rm -f config.cache config.log stamp-h stamp-h[0-9]*
+	-test -z "$(DISTCLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(DISTCLEANFILES)
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
 	-test -z "$(BUILT_SOURCES)" || rm -f $(BUILT_SOURCES)