1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index e1b25ff134..c135939709 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ python base_eventhandler() {
 }
 
 CONFIGURESTAMPFILE = "${WORKDIR}/configure.sstate"
+CLEANBROKEN = "0"
 
 addtask configure after do_patch
 do_configure[dirs] = "${S} ${B}"
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ base_do_configure() {
         if [ -n "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" -a -e "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" ]; then
                 if [ "`cat ${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}`" != "${BB_TASKHASH}" ]; then
                         cd ${B}
-                        if [ -e Makefile -o -e makefile -o -e GNUmakefile ]; then
+                        if [ "${CLEANBROKEN}" != "1" -a -e Makefile -o -e makefile -o -e GNUmakefile ]; then
                                 ${MAKE} clean
                         fi
                         find ${B} -name \*.la -delete