diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c8d5ccc2e891754e030431ab2442ae8941881f99..538c3bf74a54054850e6e95f9b2dee7841cf46c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ distclean: mrproper
 	@find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
 		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \
-		-o -name '.*.rej' \
+		-o -name '.*.rej' -o -name '*.pyc' \
 		-o -name '*%' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name 'core' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f