diff --git a/src/test/locale/Makefile b/src/test/locale/Makefile
index 73495cf16b4..673e14dcd08 100644
--- a/src/test/locale/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/locale/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ all: $(PROGS)
 
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f $(PROGS) *.o
+	rm -rf tmp_check
 	for d in $(DIRS); do \
 		$(MAKE) -C $$d clean || exit; \
 	done