diff --git a/make/cleandirs.mk b/make/cleandirs.mk
index 0caa28c2..d455e3be 100644
--- a/make/cleandirs.mk
+++ b/make/cleandirs.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ clean: do.clean
 distclean: do.distclean
 
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs-dirs.mk
 
 SUBDIRS                     ?= $(FIND_SUBDIRS)