diff --git a/ipa-admintools/Makefile b/ipa-admintools/Makefile
index ca38b2e19..c0733d194 100644
--- a/ipa-admintools/Makefile
+++ b/ipa-admintools/Makefile
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ install-man:
 clean:
 	rm -f *~ *.pyc
 
+distclean: clean
+
 test:
diff --git a/ipa-python/Makefile b/ipa-python/Makefile
index b11a1f805..525875377 100644
--- a/ipa-python/Makefile
+++ b/ipa-python/Makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ install:
 clean:
 	rm -f *~ *.pyc
 
+distclean: clean
+
 .PHONY: test
 test: $(subst .py,.tst,$(TESTS))
 
 %.tst: %.py
 	python $<
-
-