diff -r 3b1da2848fc7 -r d3bac044e0f0 qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp	Fri Feb 19 23:40:16 2010 +0200
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp	Fri Mar 12 15:46:37 2010 +0200
@@ -1830,11 +1830,12 @@
                             cleans.append(files);
                     }
                 }
-                if(!cleans.isEmpty())
+                if(!cleans.isEmpty()) {
                     if (isForSymbian())
                         t << valGlue(cleans, "\n\t" + del_statement, " 2> NUL\n\t" + del_statement, " 2> NUL");
                     else
                         t << valGlue(cleans, "\n\t" + del_statement, "\n\t" + del_statement, "");
+                }
                 if(!wrote_clean_cmds) {
                     for(QStringList::ConstIterator input = tmp_inputs.begin(); input != tmp_inputs.end(); ++input) {
                         t << "\n\t" << replaceExtraCompilerVariables(tmp_clean_cmds, (*input),
@@ -2541,6 +2542,7 @@
             QString ofile = Option::fixPathToTargetOS(fileFixify(Option::output.fileName()));
             if(!ofile.isEmpty())
                 t << "\t-$(DEL_FILE) " << ofile << endl;
+            t << varGlue("QMAKE_DISTCLEAN","\t-$(DEL_FILE) "," ","\n");
         } else if(project->isActiveConfig("no_empty_targets")) {
             t << "\t" << "@cd ." << endl;
         }