1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index ac1b904e72..3f1d39689b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ do_buildclean[doc] = "Call 'make clean' or equivalent in ${B}"
 externalsrc_do_buildclean() {
         if [ -e Makefile -o -e makefile -o -e GNUmakefile ]; then
                 rm -f ${@' '.join([x.split(':')[0] for x in (d.getVar('EXTERNALSRC_SYMLINKS') or '').split()])}
-                oe_runmake clean || die "make failed"
+                if [ "${CLEANBROKEN}" != "1" ]; then
+                        oe_runmake clean || die "make failed"
+                fi
         else
                 bbnote "nothing to do - no makefile found"
         fi