diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c3f40895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This does nothing, but some (dummy) comments here.
+# If this file gets empty, it is removed by "make distclean".
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 6350799e6..8527e577e 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ TODO
 [ ] ask jbe about:
     ./commands/Makefile:40:obj-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_PARSER)      += setenv.o
 [ ] bark on partition not ending on flash sector boundaries
-[ ] distclean doesn't work without a config
 [ ] Every driver should have a remove function.
     (It must have. Currently there is no provision to given to remove my
     interrupt handlers and to reset all hardware in use, before the target
@@ -108,3 +107,4 @@ DONE
     countdown -m msg -t timeout -x [ctrl-c|anykey|string]
     If done, remove the corresponding stuff from common/main.c
 [X] Board support should go to arch/*/boards/*
+[X] distclean doesn't work without a config