diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac5db1ef4c..6624c7501e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf $(GIT_TARNAME) .doc-tmp-dir
 	rm -f $(GIT_TARNAME).tar.gz git-core_$(GIT_VERSION)-*.tar.gz
 	rm -f $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz
+	rm -f gitweb/gitweb.cgi
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
 	$(MAKE) -C templates clean
 	$(MAKE) -C t/ clean