diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/Makefile.am b/libisoburn/trunk/Makefile.am
index 687ec9ba..ea628ab2 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/Makefile.am
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/Makefile.am
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ buildstamped: buildstamp
 	make
 
 
+# "make clean" shall remove a few stubborn .libs directories
+# which George Danchev reported Dec 03 2011.
+# Learned from: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Clean
+clean-local:
+	-rm -rf test/.libs
+
 
 ## Build companion applications
 noinst_PROGRAMS = \