diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fdc9c2deb..6ec8830d9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ orig: ../orig/linux-$(MAJOR)-$(VERSION)
 	fi
 
 maintainerclean:
+	-rm debian/control debian/control.md5sum debian/rules.gen
 	rm -rf $(filter-out debian .svn, $(wildcard * .[^.]*))
 
 clean: debian/control