diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 555a6ccc39..516f73a2ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ cleanspaces:
 	find ./sw -name '*.mli' -exec sed -i {} -e 's/[ \t]*$$//' ';'
 	find ./conf -name '*.xml' -exec sed -i {} -e 's/[ \t]*$$//' ';'
 
+distclean : dist_clean
 dist_clean : clean
+	rm -r conf/srtm_data
 
 
 ab_clean: