diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index 1826bc11a7..ebbf749727 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ docs/clean: FORCE
 
 distclean:
 	rm -rf tmp build_dir staging_dir dl .config* feeds package/feeds bin
+	$(MAKE) -C scripts/config clean
 
 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