diff --git a/usr.bin/strip/Makefile b/usr.bin/strip/Makefile
index e2ba84a45d0..b9bfe09a20e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/strip/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/strip/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 PROG=	strip
 MAN1=	strip.1
+CLEANFILES += maybe_stripped
 
 all: maybe_stripped