diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 612d73e946..cb1c9e8c27 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-05-08  Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst-libs/ext/Makefile.am:
+	Use 'make clean' and not 'make dist-clean' for local cleanups.
+	Fixes #519235
+
 2008-05-07  Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c: (gst_ffmpegdec_setcaps),
diff --git a/gst-libs/ext/Makefile.am b/gst-libs/ext/Makefile.am
index 672da1a337..dfa1365027 100644
--- a/gst-libs/ext/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst-libs/ext/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ all-local:
 	cd ffmpeg && $(MAKE)
 
 clean-local:
-	cd ffmpeg && $(MAKE) distclean
+	cd ffmpeg && $(MAKE) clean
 
 dist-clean:
 	rm -rf $(TMP_DIST_DIR) 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dist-local: dist-clean
 
 distdir: dist-local
 	cp -r ffmpeg Makefile* ${distdir}
-	
+
 dist: dist-local
 	tar -czf ffmpeg.tar.gz ffmpeg