diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index 2787872c1f..3c2e46d8b8 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ symlinkclean:
 	rm -rf tmp
 
 distclean:
-	rm -rf tmp build_dir staging_dir dl .config* feeds
+	rm -rf tmp build_dir staging_dir dl .config* feeds bin
 
 ifeq ($(findstring v,$(DEBUG)),)
   .SILENT: symlinkclean clean dirclean distclean config-clean download help tmpinfo-clean .config scripts/config/mconf scripts/config/conf menuconfig tmp/.prereq-build tmp/.prereq-package prepare-tmpinfo