diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 3344c14fa73..a2a1ea006ee 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Sep  5 17:28:50 1997  Jim Wilson  <wilson@cygnus.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (distclean): Do MULTICLEAN before deleting Makefile.
+
 Wed Sep  3 14:35:52 1997  Jim Wilson  <wilson@cygnus.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (stamp-needed, stamp-config): Add MULTISRCTOP to
diff --git a/libiberty/Makefile.in b/libiberty/Makefile.in
index 50be42c3b8a..92b1855f549 100644
--- a/libiberty/Makefile.in
+++ b/libiberty/Makefile.in
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f *.a required-list tmpmulti.out
 	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=clean
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f *~ Makefile config.status alloca-conf.h xhost-mkfrag TAGS multilib.out
 	@$(MULTICLEAN) multi-clean DO=distclean
+	rm -f *~ Makefile config.status alloca-conf.h xhost-mkfrag TAGS multilib.out
 maintainer-clean realclean: distclean
 
 force: