diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fdf112..8e1e0c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ ncscope.*
 .eggs/
 build/
 dist/
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt b/pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt
index eee1701..73c8b76 100644
--- a/pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt
+++ b/pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ PYLIBFDT_srcs = $(PYLIBFDT_dir)/libfdt.i
 PYMODULE = $(PYLIBFDT_dir)/_libfdt.so
 PYLIBFDT_CLEANFILES_L = libfdt_wrap.c libfdt.py *.pyc *.so
 PYLIBFDT_CLEANFILES = $(PYLIBFDT_CLEANFILES_L:%=$(PYLIBFDT_dir)/%)
-PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS_L = build __pycache__
-PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS = $(PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS_L:%=$(PYLIBFDT_dir)/%)
+PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS_L = __pycache__ libfdt.egg-info
+PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS = build $(PYLIBFDT_CLEANDIRS_L:%=$(PYLIBFDT_dir)/%)
 
 SETUP = ./setup.py