diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b236141f0b..fb7f92f949 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ clean:
 
 distclean: doxygen_clean
 	-rm -f *~ $(PRG) $(PRG_MENCODER) $(PRG_CFG) $(OBJS)
-	-rm -f *.o *.a .depend configure.log codecs.conf.h
+	-rm -f *.o *.a .depend configure.log codecs.conf.h help_mp.h
 	@for a in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$a distclean; done
 
 strip: