diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 6c3b038..616aa9b 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ mkdir -p "$destdir"
 ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
 rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
 
+olddir="$(pwd)"; cd "$destdir"; make M=scripts clean; cd $olddir
+
 cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $kernel_headers_packagename