diff --git a/debian/clean b/debian/clean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13ce54a46a8b98deee3978a8fe7ab20209a1ea3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/clean
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+gtk-doc.make
+libcapsule-docs.xml
+libcapsule-overrides.txt
+libcapsule-sections.txt
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 13b82b02c2ed4e663338dc764c06e4121acb227f..82ffe18768b3146e876344566e57fd8b04ef7fbe 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ else
 confflags += --without-glib
 endif
 
+override_dh_clean:
+	rm -fr html
+	dh_clean
+
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- $(confflags)