1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index bed8a835d4..ca04e7976e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ autotools_preconfigure() {
                                 # At least remove the .la files since automake won't automatically
                                 # regenerate them even if CFLAGS/LDFLAGS are different
                                 cd ${S}
-                                if [ -e Makefile -o -e makefile -o -e GNUmakefile ]; then
+                                if [ "${CLEANBROKEN}" != "1" -a \( -e Makefile -o -e makefile -o -e GNUmakefile \) ]; then
                                         ${MAKE} clean
                                 fi
                                 find ${S} -name \*.la -delete