diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index 6f5ee51..da5d7a0 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ define IPROUTE2_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CCOPTS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE" -C $(@D)
 endef
 
+define IPROUTE2_CLEAN_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) clean
+endef
+
 define IPROUTE2_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" SBINDIR=/sbin \
 		DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2-$(IPROUTE2_VERSION) \